Sunday, July 09, 2006

Leadership gap at top of British firms


Employees in Britain are less confident in the leadership abilities of their senior managers than they were at the start of last year, according to a new survey.

The Work Foundation's bi-annual Worker's Index survey has found a quarter of British workers do not believe their senior management has a clear vision of where they are leading the organisation.

The survey, conducted in May, reinforces a trend that was first visible in the October 2005 survey – that around a quarter of workers actively doubt their senior management's leadership abilities and sense of strategic direction, said the foundation.

While more than half (57 per cent) claimed they agreed that their senior management have a clear vision of where their organisation is going – exactly the same as when the survey was last conducted in October 2005 – almost a quarter (24 per cent) disagreed.

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