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2025 Global Leadership Development Study: Research Findings

Harvard Business Impact’s 2025 Global Leadership Development Study surveyed more than 1,100 learning and development professionals, human resources leaders, and functional heads across 14 countries and multiple industries to understand how their work aligns with the jobs to be done for organizations today.

To complement the survey data, this report offers insights on the attributes that organizations prioritize when selecting training programs, as well as the innovative methods they are implementing to drive engagement and sustain learning outcomes.

The findings reveal key trends shaping leadership development in 2025, with a focus on evolving training goals, emerging learning methods, and persistent challenges that organizations must address to support learners effectively.

Survey Highlights

55%

of organizations prioritizing generative AI and machine
learning.

43%

of respondents say their organizations leverage both internal and external leadership development training programs.

62%

of organizations rely on employee
surveys for measuring leadership effectiveness.

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