The Promise of Future Leadership: Highly Talented Employees in the Pipeline project surveys graduates of leading business schools in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, with the intent of assessing their career values, goals, and expectations, the developmental opportunities afforded them, and their strategies for managing work and family life. The reports highlight the differences in women’s and men’s career experiences and satisfaction; some feature perspectives from global leaders and other experts.
The fifth report, High Potentials in the Pipeline: Leaders Pay It Forward, reveals that high potentials who have received career development are now “paying it forward” and developing others while also receiving tangible career benefits for investing in the development of future leaders. Findings show that:
- Critical career experiences lead talent to pay it forward.
- Paying it forward pays off in the form of greater advancement and higher compensation.
- Women do pay it forward and to a greater extent than men.
Additional Information:
- Harvard Business Review (Blog): “Study: Women Get Fewer Game-Changing Leadership Roles”
- Harvard Business Review: “High Potentials in the Downturn: Sharing the Pain?”
- Harvard Business Review: “Women in Management: Delusions of Progress”
- Harvard Business Review: “Why Men Still Get More Promotions than Women”
- Harvard Business Review (Blog): “New Research Busts Myths About the Gender Gap”
- Harvard Business Review (Blog): “Women Don’t Go After the Big Jobs with Gusto: True or False?”
- Catalyzing (The Catalyst Blog): “Be Somebody—Get Sponsored”
Research Partners: Bloomberg, BMO Financial Group, Chevron Corporation, Credit Suisse, Dell Inc., Deloitte LLP, Desjardins Group, Deutsche Bank AG, Ernst & Young, General Motors Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corporation, KeyBank, McDonald’s Corporation, Sodexo, Inc., UPS