FranklinCovey Report: Only 7% Leaders Rated High; 42% Employees Trust Them
Only 7% of leaders are rated high by their teams in both performance expectations and care, while 87% view disruption as a survival challenge and just 13% as opportunity. The report also finds only 42% of employees trust their leaders and 80% describe managerial AI leadership as hands-off.
1. Performance and Care Gap
The Insight Report reveals that only 7% of leaders achieve both high performance expectations and high care scores from their teams, highlighting a critical leadership capability gap that undermines sustained excellence and employee engagement.
2. Viewing Disruption as Survival
While 87% of leaders see disruption merely as a survival challenge, only 13% reframe it as strategic opportunity, indicating that most organizations miss potential innovation and growth amid market and technological shifts.
3. Trust and Management Style
Only 42% of employees view their leaders as trusted and 62% describe leadership styles as outdated, with two-thirds expressing low confidence in leadership quality, underscoring the need for modern trust-building approaches.
4. AI Leadership Challenges
The report finds 70% of employees believe AI advances outpace cultural adaptation and 80% rate their managers' AI leadership as hands-off, suggesting a need for empathetic, action-oriented guidance to integrate AI effectively.