The uncomfortable truth about leadership development that nobody talks about and what it's really costing your organization.
Global leadership development spending annually
Source: Industry Reports[1]
Companies that admit hiring the wrong person
Source: CareerBuilder[6]
Cost of bad executive hire
(% of salary)
Source: C-Suite Hiring Study[8]
Companies globally spend $366 billion on leadership development every year. In the U.S. alone? $166 billion. Your company is probably part of this. Most mid-sized organizations invest $100K-$500K annually in leadership programs. Some spend $4,000 per leader. Others go as high as $10,000+ for high-potential talent.
Of leadership training actually transfers into real behavior
Of CEOs believe their leadership development programs work.
Of your training investment evaporates

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