New Book & Gallup Comments on Management In-efficacy

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Mark Crowley, author of a new book, "Lead from the Heart," interviewed the primary researcher of a Gallup poll on job satisfaction (Harter).  "According to Harter, the source of the world’s engagement problem is undeniably clear.   Organizations aren’t putting the right people into managerial positions.  “People get into management based on all of the wrong factors.  Typically, it’s because they were successful in a previous job unrelated to management, or they had long tenure in the company and got rewarded for that.  But neither of those two things relate to the talents people need to effectively lead others.  That kind of misalignment has become a hug problem in the world.”
Crowley goes onto quote, in his interview that “For anyone excelling as a leader today, you should know that your effectiveness is uncommon.  According to Gallup’s analysis, at least two-thirds of all people in supervisory roles today lack the requisite skillset.  More significantly, Gallup has determined that just 1-in-10 managers today have the ‘extreme talent’ to effectively lead and inspire people in the 21st Century.”
A solution to this dilemma is KidLead.  We have learned how to identify the 10-20% with leadership aptitude at a very early age.  
For more on this book and article, click HERE . 

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