Bersin & Associates Leadership Development Factbook 2012: Benchmarks and Trends in U.S. Leadership Developmentshares insights and benchmarks to help organizations make the best investments for leadership development programs – today and tomorrow. The report provides unique metrics on leadership development spending, resource allocations and delivery methods.

The study includes data from nearly 400 executives and professionals within a range of company sizes and industries. The Leadership Development Factbook® 2012 is a must-have for Human Resources and Talent Management executives and professionals looking to benchmark their organizations against key efficiency metrics. The report delivers in-depth analysis, using examples and cases-in-point from our interviews.

This report contains a wealth of data from which executives and managers can benchmark their organizations.  The benchmarking metrics are broken down by company size, leader level, and for the first time ever, maturity level of an organization’s leadership development initiatives.  Metrics include:

  Spend per participant at each leader level  

•  Year-over-year change in spending  
•  Budget allocations by leader level 
•  Staff-to-leader ratio 
•  Year-over-year change in staffing 
•  Use of various types of assessments by leader level (broken out by type) 
•  Staff time allocations by leader level 
•  Delivery methods used for signature solution at each leader level 

 Readers will find best practice case studies and examples from companies of different sizes, industries, and levels of maturity, such as Mars, Merck, PNC Financial, Marriott, Dow Chemical, and Illumina. The Leadership Development Factbook 2012 is extremely valuable for directing critical decisions and justifying upcoming investments. You’ll find all the vital data needed to benchmark and identify your own organization’s potential strengths and shortcomings.