{"id":1582,"date":"2012-03-09T03:05:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T10:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corevalues.com\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2012-03-09T03:05:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T10:05:17","slug":"is-executive-leadership-team-development-on-the-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/2012\/03\/09\/is-executive-leadership-team-development-on-the-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Executive Leadership Team Development on the Rocks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mountain-climber.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1583\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Mountain-climber-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a>By TIGERS Success Series<\/p>\n<p>In days past, being a supervisor put you in the fast lane for more autonomy and the head of the line for climbing the corporate ladder.<\/p>\n<p>A new survey finds that while workers want overall success, none want to be a corporate executive. In a survey of over 1,000 people, more than half aspired to be entrepreneurs or work as an independent, while not a single respondent aspired to be a corporate executive.<\/p>\n<p>These are the results of Intelligent Office\u2019s first <strong><em>Work IQ <\/em><\/strong>survey. With unemployment still plaguing the economy, Intelligent Office set out to see if people are working in traditional ways or whether there has been a movement toward a more flexible work style. By profiling both current and aspirational work styles, Intelligent Office created <strong><em>Work IQ<\/em><\/strong> to better understand this question.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the survey point to an evolution of work styles and the development of a different type of worker \u2013 the New American Worker \u2013 that is defined by a desire for <em>mobility and flexibility <\/em>typically found in the entrepreneur and\/or independent business owner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe there is a paradigm shift happening in our culture as it relates to work style,\u201d said Tom Camplese, Chief Operating Officer, Intelligent Office. \u201cWe have been watching this shift take place over the course of the last few years at Intelligent Office by talking with entrepreneurs, business owners, and mobile executives on a daily basis. The <strong><em>Work IQ<\/em><\/strong> survey put this into hard numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional highlights from the <a href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http:\/\/bit.ly\/wVfvvu&amp;esheet=50169105&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Work+IQ&amp;index=4&amp;md5=d2fb3cd3544c021554498630f1df35f9\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Work IQ<\/em><\/strong><\/a> survey that support this include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly 65 percent of survey participants desire to work as an entrepreneur or independent<\/li>\n<li>61 percent of people surveyed desire more flexible work hours than the traditional9:00 \u2013 5:00<\/li>\n<li>People are looking for a new balance \u2013 work hard\/play hard; Nearly half of the respondents want a work hard\/play hard work life balance<\/li>\n<li>Technology remains an invaluable resource to more than 45 percent of the respondents<\/li>\n<li>Overwhelmingly, people aspire to have more mobility in their work life<\/li>\n<li>66 percent responded that they aspire to have a laptop or tablet that affords them freedom and mobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWhat we continue to hear from people is that they increasingly need and expect <a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/work-environment\/employees-need-support-from-management-for-skill-development\/\">services<\/a> that will help them grow and be more successful, but they want those services to match this new work style \u2013 flexible and mobile,\u201d continued Camplese. \u201cOverall, they are seeking more balance and freedom in everything, including the services that support their business efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Work IQ<\/em><\/strong> was an online and includes responses from 1,075 people. As part of the survey, four different work styles were analyzed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corporate Executive: Someone who aspires to work like a corporate executive wants to wake up knowing exactly what needs to be accomplished and how to do it with a solid path for growth and advancement.<\/li>\n<li>Professional: Someone who aspires to work like a professional often has a career and specialized educational training. Professionals engage in creative and intellectually challenging work where customers come first and receive the highest levels of service.<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneur: Someone that wants an entrepreneurial work style typically is an idea generator who is passionate, and a risk taker that has the ability to execute against ideas. This person\u2019s ultimate desire is to be in charge of your ideas and operate outside of a \u201ctraditional\u201d work environment.<\/li>\n<li>Independent: Someone that aspires to work like an independent is looking to be the boss with a flexible work schedule that allows control over they day. This person does not want to be defined by a label, a title, or a company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Basically it makes sense why employees would be resistant to assuming management positions. If <a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/collaboration\/employers-must-take-responsibility-for-employee-engagement\/\">workforce development planning<\/a> is\u00a0not the\u00a0C-Suite\u00a0radar\u00a0and\u00a0senior\u00a0managers\u00a0are not providing leadership training or mentorship before employees climb the laddar, why do it? It also makes sense why middle management\u00a0feels stretched and discouraged. Why not form a collaboration instead?<\/p>\n<p>So, what do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TIGERS Success Series In days past, being a supervisor put you in the fast lane for more autonomy and the head of the line for climbing the corporate ladder. A new survey finds that while workers want overall success, none want to be a corporate executive. In a survey of over 1,000 people, more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[286,255,95,264,265,309,269,266,259],"tags":[58,345,346,63],"class_list":["post-1582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accountability","category-business","category-communication","category-employee-engagement","category-employee-motivation","category-entrepreneur-2","category-group-maintenance-skills","category-leadership","category-leadership-team-development","tag-business","tag-employment","tag-entrepreneurs","tag-leadership-team-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}