After the closest general election in recent history, the leaders of the three main political parties attempted to persuade the electorate that they are were the best equipped to lead the country at this challenging time. But just how important were the individual political leaders to their parties’ chances of success?
With a general election that saw public finances at the top of the political agenda, the public sector is braced for major change in 2010. At this time of uncertainty, ILM has completed an in-depth study of public sector managers.
Against a backdrop of rising unemployment and economic uncertainty, the need for trust in leaders has perhaps never been greater. It is in this context that ILM and Management Today have collaborated to establish the Index of Leadership Trust.
Unemployment doesn’t initially carry the stigma that those losing their jobs might fear. Our results show 84% of managers said the employment status of applicants is irrelevant as it's not considered an indicator of ability or performance in the current climate of redundancies.
The UK is in the grip of the worst economic downturn for 70 years. After decades of growth, our managers face the most challenging business environment of their lifetime. But do they have what it takes to meet that challenge?
The global balance of economic power is shifting. Chinese managers are setting the management agenda for China and are poised to do so for the rest of the world, and managers in Europe and North America would do well to pay attention, according to a report commissioned by ILM.
Poor management is blocking the UK’s path to productivity, according to a new report commissioned by City & Guilds and ILM. The ‘Tomorrow’s Leaders’ study, undertaken by Henley Management College, shows that managers are struggling to reinvent their working patterns to get the best from a growing army of remote workers, with visibility and presenteeism still used to judge performance.
Today's business leaders got their first taste of leadership long before they reached the workplace - on the school sports field, in the music room and even in the great outdoors. A survey of 500 UK business owners and managers by ILM revealed that many were marked out as future leaders from an early age, with 44 per cent having been school prefects and 22 per cent captains of a school sports team.
British businesses risk losing young talent because of poor management, according to research by ILM. Nearly 400,000 UK workers aged 18-24 feel that their manager is holding them back. And British businesses are in danger of losing these future leaders, as one quarter (27 per cent) of young workers would leave their organisation if they were badly managed.