How did you learn effective leadership skills? Select all that apply.

Culture & Values Training & Certification Personal Development

Online course23%

In-person course45%

Mentorship61%

Reading48%

Trial and error40%

Feedback from direct reports27%

Other (please specify in the comments)1%

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CTO in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

Common sense & watching the people I admire.

Senior Leader, Sales Learning & Enablement in Telecommunication2 years ago

Mirroring my favourite leaders, and taking to heart the deep lessons I learned from the worst ones.

Manager in IT Servicesa year ago

Online Courses are very good and easy to use and for me I can access these courses from anywere.

Sustainable Supply Chain Adviser in Healthcare and Biotecha year ago

If we look into the graphs by geography, it is very interesting to see the differences in the ways of learning as well as how many people answered.
This might also indicate cultural differences to the different approaches and differences in what is available for individuals to choose from.
I usually go by reading, feedback and watching leaders around me (not out of admiration, but as observation...one can always learn from both good and bad leadership).

Director of HR in Energy and Utilities4 months ago

Other: Leadership conferences such as Leadercast and Global Leadership Summit.

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