TD Smyers will present Why Leadership Training Fails and How to Fix It at the 2022 National PELRA Annual Conference in Austin, TX.

Gallup states in "The Employee Engagement Crisis" that 70% of employees are disengaged and that number has "barely budged" in ten years. SLS global data show that only 30% of managers at any level are considered "leaders" by the people that report to them. 45% are mere managers and 25% are bad bosses. The connection: 70% of employees are disengaged because 70% of managers don't know how to lead. Still worse - typical training programs in leadership do little to transform managers into leaders.