Survey Says… Some Leadership Issues

Posted: Tuesday September 16, 2008 under Lead Teams

Many employees desire more personal attention and development at work, according to a new nationwide survey of more than 8,700 workers by CareerBuilder.com.

On the good side, 73 percent of workers categorized their boss as trustworthy, 70 percent said their boss is respected in the organization, and 65 percent reported their boss communicates effectively. Bosses didn’t fare as well on some other crucial leadership points: 51 percent feel their boss does not motivate them, 51 percent said their boss does not help them move ahead, and 41 percent stated they don’t learn from their bosses.

Thirty percent of workers surveyed report that they think they could do their boss’s job better, and said the following were their primary issues with their bosses:

• Plays favorites (23 percent)
• Doesn’t lead by example (23 percent)
• Is never around (14 percent)
• Never provides positive feedback (13 percent)

Read more about the survey results here.

Survey Methodology
This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Interactive® on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 8,785 employees (employed full-time; not self-employed) between May 22 and June 13, 2008. Percentages for some questions are based on a subset of responses to certain questions. With a pure probability sample of 8,785 one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall results have a sampling error of +/- 1.05 percentage points. Sampling error for data from sub-samples is higher and varies.