Resources

Constant change, new technologies, shifting expectations, and growing pressure to perform are reshaping leadership. The Global Leadership Forecast 2027 reveals what leaders are up against now, the challenges facing HR, and whether organizations are prepared for what comes next.

Leadership science reveals what helps leaders grow and organizations succeed. Explore the research behind effective leadership development and lasting behavior change.

Leadership gaps are putting manufacturing performance at risk. Learn how to build the capability your leaders need to execute with confidence.

This leadership study reveals key challenges like trust deficits, burnout, and AI adoption, offering actionable insights to help HR professionals strengthen their leadership pipeline and develop resilient leaders for the future.

The HR Insights Report 2025 reveals how leading HR teams are using data-driven strategies to close succession gaps, reduce burnout, and lead AI transformation. Discover urgent talent challenges and what sets future-focused HR apart.

The Europe Leadership Report 2025 highlights an urgent need to rebuild trust, close skill gaps, and strengthen leadership pipelines to address rising stress, AI uncertainty, and future workforce demands.

Learn how the Forrester consulting study found the real business impact of developing leaders, boosting productivity, retention, and more.

This report examines how CEOs view their leadership challenges and those of their organization, and the effect of specific HR practices on those business challenges.

This leadership study is designed to help C-suite and HR professionals understand the most pressing leadership challenges facing businesses over the next three years, and take action to prepare.

A special HR leadership insights report from the Global Leadership Forecast 2021 series that examines how trends have shaped HR’s current and future role in the market.

A special CEO leadership report from the Global Leadership Forecast 2021 series to help CEOs, CHROs, and boards of directors navigate one of the most challenging talent markets in history.

A special leadership transitions report from the Global Leadership Forecast series with new research to help support your leaders in getting up to speed faster and more effectively.

Learn how working during a crisis has challenged leaders most and key trends and best talent practices to act on today.

How has COVID changed the world of leadership development? Explore our infographic on the trends that will shape your leadership development efforts in 2021.

The largest leadership study of its kind

Discover the leadership challenges shaping 2027 and how to tackle them. Drawing on new global research, DDI experts reveal critical skill gaps, what drives leader engagement, and how HR can use data and AI to strengthen leadership development and deliver measurable impact.

Explore why feedback conversations go wrong and how leaders can build trust, reduce defensiveness, and make feedback more meaningful.

See how immersive, high-stakes practice helps leaders build critical skills in hours, not weeks—using real decisions, real pressure, and experiences that make new behaviors stick.

Discover 10 reasons employees stay with a company and how leaders can create an environment where talented people want to grow.

Learn how to give effective developmental feedback that helps employees improve without damaging trust or avoiding difficult conversations.