Today, Dr. Theresa M. Welbourne of eePulse, Inc, and the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, announced initial results of the September Leadership Pulse. The data indicates that 79% of the firms studied currently report that they are going through high levels of organization change. Also, trend data from 2004 to 2005 show that the amount of change organizations are experiencing continues to steadily climb.
ìGiven the recent leadership pulse trend data indicating lower energy and confidence levels at the same time of this increase in rate of change, we worry that the high rate of change weíre all experiencing is starting to catch up with leaders,î states Welbourne. ìContinuous change is no doubt the wave of the future; however, research indicates that for organizations to thrive in high-change environments, they also must provide employees with an ability to cope with change.î
Study Results
The Leadership Pulse study trends organizational change, leadership energy and confidence data from a sample of over 4,500 executives who participate in short, real-time, eePulse Surveys conducted every two months. The September, 2005 Leadership Pulse results are from a total of 379 worldwide, senior executives. When asked to rate the degree of change their firm is experiencing, respondents indicated the following:
Amount of change from September 2004 to September, 2005:
High levels of change
63% to 79%
Change in % points = 16 points
Medium levels of change
29% to 15%
Change in % points = -14 points
Very low levels of change
8% to 5%
Change in % points = -3 points
Those reporting high levels of change-amounts differed significantly by industry:
95% Communications
89% Web-based technology
87% Biotechnology
84% Health care
83% Manufacturing
76% Consulting
66% Services (other than consulting)
54% Construction
44% Government
In addition, larger firms are now going through the most change with 85% reporting high levels of change (large defined as firms with over $250 million in revenue), and 72% of firms with less than $5 million in revenue report high levels of change.
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