The Future of Leadership in a Distributed World with Rob Cross

Despite organizations spending over $60 billion annually on leadership development, only 27% of HR executives said leadership effectiveness was a strength. So, what set successful leaders apart?

On March 27, Next Practices Weekly featured Rob Cross, SVP of Research at i4cp and Professor at Babson College, as he previewed new i4cp research set to release later in the spring. Hosted by Tom Stone, Senior Research Analyst at i4cp, the session explored what high-performance organizations did differently to develop and empower leaders in hybrid and remote work settings.

Key insights included:

  • The leadership behaviors that drove success in distributed work environments
  • How high-performance organizations developed stronger leaders
  • The role of dependability-based trust in leadership effectiveness
  • Actionable strategies to improve leadership development investments

Participants had the opportunity to explore i4cp’s upcoming research. The full report will be available exclusively to i4cp members later in the spring.

To ensure open discussion, the event was exclusively for HR practitioners. Vendors and consultants were not permitted to attend.