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The Making of Leaders: An African Outlook
As economic acceleration continues across the Continent, the need for high-level executive talent intensifies. As companies expand their regional footprints and scale up operations, the particular executive, capable of working across diverse cultures, geographies, and demographics, is all the more rare.
Is there a formula for success? Are there patterns or areas of convergence? And similarly, are there specificities linked to the African context or do the classic principles of leadership apply? The study considered how CEOs interpret their own success and sought the Gen Y’s feedback on how they perceive current leaders’ success. The qualitative interviews, conducted with 50 CEOs, revealed three noteworthy findings regarding what they believed were their main sources of success:
The Gen Y is largely in agreement about what attributes make up a successful leader, converging on these same traits as the ones they admire most in inspiring leaders. However, they do not see their own development path to executive leadership in the same way.
Through the research, Millennials in Africa expressed 5 key desires that should influence how companies think about attracting them, developing them, and leveraging their talents.
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