A Transition Plan for Today’s Leader
A report of more than 15,000 leaders and more than 2,000 HR executives was completed by DDI completed in 2021 as part of its Global Leadership Forecast series. The results prove their transition into their current leadership role has not been successful. 2020-2021 were the most trying times of the pandemic for businesses. During this time an organization’s lack of transition support can be attributed to its need for survival. In the past two years leadership roles changed for several reasons i.e., companies quickly downsized, transformed, or reorganized leaving them needing to fill leadership roles quickly. Before COVID-19 leadership transitions were already challenging. According to DDI, leadership transition is among life’s most challenging adjustments, ranking up there with personal illness or a major life event. (DDI, Leaders in transition, 2015). Transitions are not getting any easier as leaders are now being expected to have a greater conception of emotional intelligence,