{"id":606,"date":"2010-03-09T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wpdude.com\/test\/?p=606"},"modified":"2010-03-09T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T14:49:00","slug":"ashridge-management-index-2010-leaders-are-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/ashridge-management-index-2010-leaders-are-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashridge Management Index 2010 &#8211; Leaders are Good!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8vF1TTyV5ww\/S5ZiDmhbVcI\/AAAAAAAACAw\/Yr1H1JDrJiY\/s1600-h\/ashridge_business.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446648613371073986\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8vF1TTyV5ww\/S5ZiDmhbVcI\/AAAAAAAACAw\/Yr1H1JDrJiY\/s400\/ashridge_business.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAshridge has published the 2010 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashridge.org.uk\/Website\/Content.nsf\/wFAR\/Ashridge+Management+Index+2010?opendocument\">management index<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px\/normal Verdana; color: black; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 3px;\">&#8220;The <strong style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">Ashridge Management Index<\/strong> (AMI), a periodic survey of managers\u2019 and leaders\u2019 views and attitudes, was launched in 1994. The aim of the research is to examine the current business environment and to better understand some of the key challenges and opportunities which exist for managers and leaders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px\/normal Verdana; color: black; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 3px;\">Conducted in the autumn of 2009, this latest research explored the views and attitudes toward topics including: management and organisational challenges; personal challenges; organisational change; motivation and learning and development. Over 1200 senior and middle managers from the private and public sector were surveyed. In addition to the survey we conducted interviews with organisations including Sun Microsystems and Cisco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px\/normal Verdana; color: black; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 3px;\">The report highlights many positive findings but equally there a number of areas which give cause for concern \u2013 and interestingly it is the same issues arising year on year. <a style=\"font: normal normal bold 10px\/normal Verdana; color: black; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ashridge.org.uk\/Website\/Content.nsf\/WebContent?ReadForm&amp;Zone=FAR&amp;SpecialTemplate=LongBioNote&amp;Name=Fiona+Dent\">Fiona Dent<\/a>, Director of Executive Education at Ashridge comments:<\/p>\n<div class=\"testimonialtext\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px\/normal Verdana; color: #175006; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; padding: 3px;\">&#8220;This survey is a fascinating insight on the highs, and some of the lows, that managers are currently experiencing. It&#8217;s been one of the toughest years in business and we were interested to see how this is impacting on organisations and on managers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashridge has published the 2010 management index. &#8220;The Ashridge Management Index (AMI), a periodic survey of managers\u2019 and leaders\u2019 views and attitudes, was launched in 1994. The aim of the research is to examine the current business environment and to better understand some of the key challenges and opportunities which exist for managers and leaders. Conducted in the autumn of 2009, this latest research explored the views and attitudes toward topics including: management and organisational challenges; personal challenges; organisational change; motivation and learning and development. Over 1200 senior and middle managers from the private and public sector were surveyed. 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