Managers are the most undertrained and underappreciated employees in corporate America, according to a study conducted by Kelton Research and Root Inc. of 205 Training/HR executives. Survey highlights include:
- 32% of respondents don’t feel their company views managers as critical to success.
- Reducing overhead (57%) and making technology upgrades (48%) are more likely to be prioritized than manager training investments (28%).
- 69% report that senior leaders don’t believe in a strong link between effective manager training and business performance.
- 57% say their senior leaders don’t support their manager training programs.
- 83% report that less than a quarter of their training budget, if any, currently is allocated to manager training sustainment. And only 18% strongly feel their companies have been successful at sustainment so far.
To view the full study results, visit: http://www.rootinc.com/pdfs/campaign/Americas-Workforce-Report-2015.pdf