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Just four in ten UK leaders and human resources professionals rate their organisation's leadership development programmes as highly effective, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

And only 18 per cent of human resources professionals rate the quality of leadership as 'high' in their organisations, while 36 per cent of leaders believe it to be so.

The survey, which was conducted in association with talent management consultancy DDI, found three key leadership skills will be needed to ensure success over the next three years. 

Just under seven in ten leaders identity the ability to drive and manage change as an essential key leadership skill going forward, while 34 per cent view making difficult decisions and 32 per cent see executing organisational strategy as key.

Human resources professionals use formal workshops, manager coaching and special projects to develop leadership skills, but leaders view workshops as the most effective method.

Four in five leaders said that their individual performance expectations are tied to corporate goals and strategies, but 57 per cent claimed their performance management systems took into account not only what they had achieved but how their objectives were achieved.

Vanessa Robinson, head of HR practice development at the CIPD, said: 'If UK organisations are to continue to be successful on the world stage, then leaders need to be equipped with the key skills that our survey identified.

'Given the higher external failure rates of leaders and the significant cost associated with external hires, effective succession or 'grow-your-own' tactics will be an increasingly important talent strategy.'

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