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The Key Challenges To Organizational Success
In a changing business climate,
what are the key challenges to
organizational success?
Six Seconds, an international
not-for-profit organization, invited leaders to identify the key
challenges in the workplace today – and particularly the “people
side” of the equation. The survey explores top issues as well as
employee attitudes and the role of emotional intelligence in
solving those key issues.
Responses come from
team leaders to
executives in a broad range of industries and organizations
ranging from under 20 to over 10,000 people. 135 responses were
tabulated, primarily from North America but also from every
other continent.
The survey finds that in 2007…
“Soft” issues such as
inspiring corporate culture are over 3 times as prevalent as “hard” issues
such as finance.
Leaders are twice as concerned
about
leadership than all other issues combined.
Emotional intelligence
and feelings
of team- and non-team-members were among the most important
resources an organization has in addressing challenges and
reaching goals.
In response to “What are 2-3 of the
top challenges in your organization?” answers range from
“gaining more market share” to “losing sight of our true
mission” to “nimbly adapting to
change.”
When divided between “hard” issues
such as finance and supply and “soft” issues such as
culture and
communication, the “soft stuff” appears to be three times
harder.
On the “people-side” many
respondents are concerned with finding and keeping good people –
especially in a time when they are expected to “do more with
less.”
Key Issues Mentioned by Business Leaders
Engaging Talent:
“Finding, hiring, and keeping
talented individuals.”
“Developing talent – both
internally and through finding and attracting good people – and
equipping them for success.”
“Recruiting, developing and most
importantly retaining top quality experts.”
Under Pressure:
“Increased work responsibilities
with less dollars.”
“Lack of time to do an adequate
job.”
“Too little time to talk to
colleagues.”
“Managing increasing complexity,
competition and regulation.”
“Inadequate budgets.”
The
full report
is available at no cost from
Six
Seconds at
this page
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