Our research
A report by Common Purpose into the expectations, challenges and hurdles of making the leap to a national leadership role. Feedback from many senior leaders suggests that nearly everyone fears that they aren’t up to the task at some point. To understand what it takes to rise to the challenge, Common Purpose has asked a diverse range of national leaders about their experience of making this leadership leap.
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Squeezing the training and development budget: the cost of not developing your staff in tough economic times. That issue is explored in a new study which warns of the consequences of cutting training and development budgets during an economic downturn. The report, Taming the Wolf at the Door, by leadership development organisation Common Purpose, found that almost half of training and development professionals surveyed are expecting a budget cut of 20% or more.
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Over half of young managers are dissatisfied with their jobs and are considering change. These are the findings of a survey by leadership development organisation Common Purpose, who wanted to discover if there are career traps and barriers limiting junior managers and keeping them from fulfilling their potential as leaders of tomorrow. The report found that professional development could make their roles more fulfilling, but while nearly all had received training, only a third found it rewarding in terms of job fulfilment.
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Nearly half (49%) of UK managers also have a leadership position outside of their paid jobs, according to a survey conducted by international leadership organisation Common Purpose. Furthermore, another 17 percent of those surveyed said they planned to take-up a leadership role outside of work over the coming year. Becoming a school governor, sitting on a public board, becoming a special constable, being volunteer councillor or getting involved in a community campaign are just some of the ways UK leaders are giving something back.
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Each week contestants on The Apprentice have to summon the courage to lead their team on a challenge that they have little or no skills. To be successful in the modern world of management this kind of dogged determination is essential. So why then do the majority of the UK’s managers admit to regularly dodging daunting challenges?
These are the main findings of 'Causes and cures for timid management', a report published today by leadership development organisation Common Purpose.
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Young people between the ages of 25-35 are in danger of being caught in a career trap and are leaving their jobs in pursuit of more fulfilling work. Debt, difficulties in combining work with their wider life ambitions and employers who fail to listen are cited as key reasons, according to research by leadership development organisation Common Purpose. The report, Searching for Something, shows that the danger age when employers can lose their most talented young employees is 30.
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Common Purpose piloted "Local Links" to improve neighbourhood networking, support, skills development and information sharing for local decision-makers and active citizens in four Yorkshire areas. The aim was to assist them to be better informed, empowered and more effective in their community roles.
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Books
Beyond Authority: Leadership in a changing world
Julia Middleton
Executives have to produce change within their organizations but across functions they don’t control. Policemen have to work alongside health and housing professionals. Non-executives have to influence decisions that are not theirs to make. Authority is becoming less clear-cut. The traditional leadership tools work – but nothing like as well as they used to. Increasingly, you need to supplement them with others. That’s what this book is about.
How to be an even better chair: Sensible advice from the public and charity sectors
Sophie Petit-Zeman (in association with Common Purpose)
Whether you are a new chair, an old hand, or even just thinking about whether or not you’d like to sit at the head of the board, this book is for you. It contains the cumulative wisdom of dozens of chairs, from all types and sizes of organisations, from huge NHS Trusts to school governors, from charities to arts councils.
