Comments on: The Best Companies For Leaders Surveys Humm, I have a Problem http://www.corporate-eye.com/blog/2008/05/the-best-companies-for-leaders-surveys-humm-i-have-a-problem/ ...compare, compete, excel Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marc Effron http://www.corporate-eye.com/blog/2008/05/the-best-companies-for-leaders-surveys-humm-i-have-a-problem/#comment-178 Marc Effron Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:51:08 +0000 http://www.corporate-eye.com/?p=414#comment-178 Ed -- Great blog! You really nailed the issue here which (to my comments published in Chief Executive and in Fortune) is that there needs to be a slightly healthier balance between brand promotion and reality. I started the Top Companies for Leaders study while at Hewitt in 2001 and ran the first three administrations. Before I left Hewitt in 2005, we had decided to NOT do the survey again because it had served its purpose -- increasing our knowledge about how to grow great leaders. At the time, we felt that continuing the survey process would appear self-serving and take attention away from the REAL problem -- that companies aren't building leaders effectively. While recognizing the "Top 20" does no harm, it might be a better use of our collective time to help the bottom 980 companies actually build betters leaders. Thanks, Marc Effron marc@effrons.com www.newtmn.com Ed — Great blog! You really nailed the issue here which (to my comments published in Chief Executive and in Fortune) is that there needs to be a slightly healthier balance between brand promotion and reality. I started the Top Companies for Leaders study while at Hewitt in 2001 and ran the first three administrations. Before I left Hewitt in 2005, we had decided to NOT do the survey again because it had served its purpose — increasing our knowledge about how to grow great leaders. At the time, we felt that continuing the survey process would appear self-serving and take attention away from the REAL problem — that companies aren’t building leaders effectively.

While recognizing the “Top 20″ does no harm, it might be a better use of our collective time to help the bottom 980 companies actually build betters leaders.

Thanks,
Marc Effron
marc@effrons.com
http://www.newtmn.com

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