Friday, March 10, 2006

UK managers don't want the top job


Despite claiming to be ambitious, fewer than a third of the UK's mid-ranking executives want to step into their boss' shoes.

A survey by Management Today magazine of 1,000 junior, middle and senior managers from a mix of private and public-sector organisations found that almost seven out of 10 (69 per cent) do not covet their boss' job.

The findings echo research carried out last year by Burson-Marsteller and the Economist Intelligence Unit which found that 54 per cent of influential business figures would not want to be CEO if given the choice.

The highest levels of CEO disillusionment were in North America and Europe, where 64 per cent and 60 per cent would decline a CEO job offer.

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