Article by Ken Thompson, last updated April 2017
According to a recent survey[1] by Deloitte, where they interviewed and surveyed 445 investment analysts, good leadership can add up to 35% to a company valuation (average 15%).
Conversely poor leadership can reduce a companies valuation by up to 20%!
The Deloitte survey also identified the 3 skills which analysts value most in senior leaders, namely the ability to:
Last year we analysed[2] the differences between the top performing teams and the rest from 18 different teams in a major enterprise who over a two year period played a “run the company” leadership development business simulation game for a day.
Our results confirm and amplify the Deloitte findings, namely that the Top Performers:
From these results is seems clear that there can be significant business value in leadership development simulation games if they focus effectively on the "big 5" issues for leaders:
References
1. “The Leadership Premium: How Companies Win the Confidence of Investors.”
2. "High performance leadership/decisions: business game research findings."
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Ken is a practitioner, author and speaker on Leadership, Collaborative Working, High Performing Teams, Change Management, Project Management and Business Acumen. His work has featured in major publications including The Guardian , Wired Magazine, The Huffington Post and The Henry Ford Magazine. Ken has also spoken at many international events including TEDx, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Learn Tech (London) and NASA.
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