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Aug 11, 2021, 12:05 ET New DDI Study Reveals Weak Leadership Outlook Leaves CEOs Struggling With Current Senior Teams, Future Leaders

CEOs aren't confident in the leadership performance of future leaders and, after taking office, quickly start losing faith in even their senior...

May 19, 2021, 09:15 ET Stressful Transitions Are Setting Leaders Up for Failure, According to New DDI Study

How stressful is taking on a new leadership role? The answer can have long-term consequences for leaders' success. But it's up to employers to...

Mar 30, 2021, 11:50 ET DDI and Strivr Partner to Pioneer Leadership Development in Virtual Reality

Leaders will be able to build and sharpen their leadership skills like never before by immersing themselves in deeply realistic simulations, thanks...

Feb 17, 2021, 09:15 ET New DDI Study Reveals Leaders Are Struggling With Burnout, Which Could Create Retention Issues

An unprecedented year of ongoing change and a lack of confidence in current and future leadership could lead to retention problems within the next...

Oct 28, 2020, 09:42 ET New DDI Study Reveals Minority Leaders Getting More Promotions, But More Likely to Switch Companies to Advance

Senior minority executives plan to leave their current position at twice the normal rate of other executives. And this exodus could be coming within...

Mar 11, 2020, 08:30 ET Strong Virtual Leadership Skills Are Key to Business Thriving During the Coronavirus

As the novel coronavirus spreads, businesses may ask more people to work from home. While work from home arrangements are increasingly common, they...

Mar 05, 2020, 17:30 ET New Study Reveals Women Vying for CEO Are Left Out by More Than Half of Organizations

More than half of organizations didn't assess a single female candidate when looking for their next CEO, according to a new study by global...

Feb 03, 2020, 06:11 ET DDI and HR Analyst Josh Bersin Partner to Conduct the Global Leadership Forecast 2021, the Largest Worldwide Leadership Survey

Are your leaders holding back your company? Or are they at the forefront? Global leadership consulting company DDI, in partnership with leading human ...

Dec 09, 2019, 14:42 ET New DDI Research: 57 Percent of Employees Quit Because of Their Boss

Frustrations with the boss drive more than half of employees out the door. An additional third stick around, but dream of opportunities to get away...

Sep 25, 2019, 20:45 ET DDI's Virtual Reality Inclusion Experience Named a Top HR Product of 2019 by Human Resource Executive® Magazine

Global leadership consulting firm DDI is proud to announce that its virtual reality experience for diversity and inclusion has been named one of the...

Sep 24, 2019, 17:45 ET DDI Invests in CoachLogix to Grow Streamlined Coaching Management Platform

When everyone from frontline employees up to the CEO needs a coach—and all for different reasons—it can become a logistics nightmare for HR. That's...

Jul 08, 2019, 18:30 ET Frontline Leaders Struggling With Digital Skills; Not Getting Enough Support From HR

New data from DDI's Frontline Leader Project makes it clear: Frontline leaders are feeling the squeeze. Tasked with creating a more innovative and...

Jul 02, 2019, 11:00 ET DDI Launches New Podcast to Help Leaders Make the Most of Their Time at Work

How should a new leader deal with the awkwardness of managing a former peer? What one word should a leader never use when managing a...

May 21, 2019, 18:30 ET DDI Pioneers Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Experiences to Transform Soft Skills Training for Leaders

Could stepping into a virtual world be the secret to becoming a better leader in the real one? Global leadership consulting firm DDI is pioneering...
DDI Launches Leadership 480 to Tackle Leaders' Biggest Problem: Time

May 20, 2019, 11:45 ET DDI Launches Leadership 480 to Tackle Leaders' Biggest Problem: Time

It turned out to be impossible to create a 25th hour in the day. Instead, DDI created Leadership 480SM, a groundbreaking leadership framework that...

Apr 12, 2019, 13:46 ET DDI Invests in Start-Up Company Rhabit for New Tech That Brings Fast, On-the-Job Feedback to Leaders

Did your boss do a poor job delegating work across your team this week? Swipe left. Did a fellow manager do a great job coaching you through a...

Apr 01, 2019, 15:15 ET DDI Launches the Frontline Leader Project

From the workplace classic movie "Office Space" to the beloved TV series "The Office," terrible managers are often the butt of jokes, bonding...

Mar 08, 2019, 05:23 ET DDI CEO Tacy Byham Advocates Four Power Moves to Amplify Women on International Women's Day

Is it because of unconscious bias? Is it because people make assumptions that women want to take a step back from their careers when they have...

Dec 06, 2018, 13:00 ET DDI Report Reveals Hidden Potential of Generation X Leaders

Sandwiched between the "Me Generation" and the generation dubbed by Time magazine as the "Me Me Me Generation," it's no surprise that Generation X...

Oct 25, 2018, 11:00 ET DDI Launches Innovation Fund to Fuel Development of Cutting-Edge Leadership Technologies and Solutions

Companies around the world are on the cusp of a revolution in the way they hire, promote, and develop their leaders, thanks to global leadership...

Jul 24, 2018, 10:43 ET New DDI eBook Helps Businesses Leverage the Power of Diversity and Inclusion for a Stronger Competitive Edge

It's time to rethink diversity strategy as a survival strategy, according to the authors of DDI's new eBook "Hidden Potential: Build Your Competitive ...

Apr 25, 2018, 10:37 ET DDI Releases eBook with Revolutionary New Model for Developing Leadership Potential

Unleashing new forms of leadership potential is the single most pressing business issue currently facing organizations, according to global...

Mar 06, 2018, 09:27 ET Tacy Byham, CEO Of DDI, Unleashes The Hidden Potential Of Women On International Women's Day

Imagine a world in which Steve Jobs was told that men just weren't suited to be technology leaders. Or a world in which Steven Spielberg's...

Feb 07, 2018, 09:41 ET Worldwide Study of 25,000 Business Leaders Reveals Six Leadership Megatrends Changing the Workplace

The biggest worry on executives' minds around the world isn't recession, global competition, or labor relations. It's not even cyber-security. New...

Oct 12, 2017, 11:30 ET New Study Reveals Link Between High Scores on Pre-Employment Tests for Healthcare Workers and Better Patient Outcomes

Imagine knowing before it happened that a nurse was likely to mistakenly give a patient the wrong medication. Or imagine being able to predict that a ...