Confidence in the leadership abilities of senior managers has declined since the start of 2005 according to the latest results of The Worker’s Index, a bi-annual survey of employees’ feelings and attitudes towards work...
Jointly sponsored by The Work Foundation, the think tank and consultancy, and Ipsos MORI, the independent research organisation, the third wave of the survey confirms that 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 2006, reinforces a trend that was first visible in the October 2005 survey: around a quarter of workers actively doubt senior management’s leadership abilities and sense of strategic direction. While 57% overall claimed they agree with the statement ‘senior management have a clear vision of where this organisation is going’ – exactly the same as when the survey was last conducted in October 2005 – 24% disagree. When those who disagree are subtracted from those who agree, the ‘net agrees’ amount to just 33%.
Public sector workers have less faith in their leaders than private sector workers. Although this repeats a trend from each wave of the Workers Index, our latest data show that net agreement with the statement ‘senior management have a clear vision of where this organisation is going’ has decreased significantly among public sector employees. On balance, 40% of public sector workers had confidence in their senior management in February 2005 and by May 2006 this had decreased to 17%. In the private sector, the balance of opinion has also decreased but at a slower rate from 55% in February 2005 to 44% in May 2006.
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