Gone are the days when twenty years of management experience guaranteed strong performance as a leader.
Now, I don’t like to buy into controversial gender debates… And much less point out the apparent negatives of blokes being in control of the asylum…
But when gender AND age are involved in such an intoxicating combination, it simply can’t be ignored.
It is no secret that companies and organisations in industries everywhere are grappling with multiple challenges – of rapid technological change, stalled economic growth, climate change, the scarcity of resources, global restructuring and the need for flexible forward-thinking – as they strive to adapt and succeed in today’s environment.
Well, according to a new report by international business consultants, PwC (UK), in conjunction with psychometric testing specialists Harthill Consulting, less than half of business transformations succeed because those in charge of driving change in the organisations lack the skills necessary to do so.
While the world might be generally short of leaders with the attributes and capabilities required to lead and achieve transformational change, the demographic that dominates that leadership style, that they call ‘strategists’, is women over the age of 55.
Read more here.
Well, according to a new report by international business consultants, PwC (UK), in conjunction with psychometric testing specialists Harthill Consulting, less than half of business transformations succeed because those in charge of driving change in the organisations lack the skills necessary to do so.
While the world might be generally short of leaders with the attributes and capabilities required to lead and achieve transformational change, the demographic that dominates that leadership style, that they call ‘strategists’, is women over the age of 55.
Read more here.
