A few weeks back I featured an article with the results of a sobering survey that “Nearly half of Americans don’t want a promotion.”
Another survey suggests the reality may be even more daunting: “Findings from LinkedIn’s bi-weekly Workforce Confidence survey of thousands of professionals show that just one-third of individual contributors in the U.S. aspire to become people managers these days.”(emphasis mine).
Mentoring new leaders is hard enough when they want to advance; it may be impossible if they don’t…and an increasing number want to move back to positions of less responsibility.
Learn why so many workers are (or want to be) Stuck in the Middle: Why workers are avoiding -or want to leave- management roles
Shameless self-promotion moment: A valuable resource for helping you develop, and retain, your newest leaders, middle management leaders and key executives (direct reports to CEOs), can be found in Vistage’s Leadership Development programs.
Feel free to reach out to me to explore how these programs can help you develop the leaders you must have.
