Procter & Gamble, General Electric And Coca-Cola – this is what the top of the “Best Companies for Leadership” ranking looks like, the best companies in the world in terms of leadership. The top five in the ranking compiled by Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, also included IBM and Unilever. They were also highly rated Intel, McDonald’s, Samsung, 3M and Hewlett-Packard.

17,000 people participated in this year’s edition of the “Best Companies for Leadership” survey. people with more than 2.1 thousand organizations from 115 countries.

Concern for employee development

According to the Hay Group report, companies at the top of the ranking distinguish themselves from other companies by a determined and disciplined approach to development and career of employees. Of the top 20 companies on the list, up to 80 percent create light professional development path their employees. For comparison, among other companies, this percentage is only 48%. Leadership leaders also stay ahead of the competition by providing opportunities for the most promising employees to perform in specific roles to ensure that when needed, they will have the right people with the right skills. skills to fill key positions, thereby intentionally creating their leaders, according to the report. said.

“The best ones offer unconventional and more diverse career paths and develop high-potential employees so that they are able to tackle specific business challenges and acquire the skills that enable their company to succeed in a competitive environment. increasingly changing world,” comments Agnieszka Milewczyk, President of Hay Group Poland.

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Diversity among leaders

The best employers also care about diversity among its leaders. Half of the companies in the top twenty offer their employees special leadership training programs aimed at women (only 13 percent of other companies do so), and 40 percent of the top companies offer programs aimed to underrepresented groups (11% among other companies).

The top 20 companies also offer leadership training programs at all experience levels (83% vs. 57%).

Interpersonal interactions are the most important

Even though e-learning has today become a common tool for transmitting knowledge, the leaders in the “Companies for Leadership” ranking still rely on traditional methods.

“Traditional training they remain the preferred method of Top 20 companies (they are used by 74% of Top 20 companies compared to 51% of other companies). It also enjoys high priority mentoring provided by senior managers and coaching provided by internal trainers (respectively 69% and 61% compared to 41% and 34% of other companies). One of the preferred development methods is also job rotation (60 percent of top companies report using this tool). – write experts from the Hay Group.

Who do the best companies in the world need? Companies say their goal today is to look for many more leaders customer focused, with global knowledge and exceptional ability to manage complex processes, the ability to implement innovations and a spirit of cooperation. Today, the focus is more on current results, i.e. strategy implementation, decision-making and teamwork.