What are the most attractive aspects of a leadership position?
Swiss companies lack management trainees: This is the conclusion of the latest labor market study by the personnel service provider Robert Half. It cites several reasons why many employees do not want to aspire to a management position.
Swiss managers see six reasons for the disinterest of many employees in a management position: They do not want to take on additional responsibility (78 %), consider a good work-life balance to be more important than a higher salary or a more senior position (63 %), and prefer specialist careers to chief executive positions (50 %). In addition, executives think many employees find the pace of business too fast (45 %), lack motivation (30 %) or lack training and mentoring programs that could support them (28 %). These are the findings of the labor market study conducted by Robert Half, a recruiter specializing in professional and managerial staff, for which 200 HR managers in Switzerland were surveyed.
Interim manager for a management position not a permanent solution
"Not only are skilled workers hard to find, Swiss companies also lack junior staff for management positions. That's why interim managers are being used more and more frequently," says Yeng Chow, senior manager at Robert Half in Zurich. "They bring experience and new perspectives to the company. Nevertheless, companies should be aware that interim managers are not a permanent solution, especially in management positions. Management positions should be filled in permanent positions to ensure the continuity necessary for business success."
For the 200 managers surveyed, the most attractive aspects about their position are their great decision-making power (48 %), team management (43 %) and their influence on business decisions (41 %). These are areas where junior managers are often willing to cut corners.
Changing employee needs impact work models
"Companies should specifically help to arouse employees' interest in management jobs and create the necessary framework conditions for this. A good work-life balance is highly valued. Companies can make it possible to meet this demand, for example by offering flexible working hours or home office, and thus lower employees' inhibitions about taking on more responsibility," says Yeng Chow. "In addition, mentoring and leadership development programs can offer support to junior managers."
Source: Labor market study by Robert Half
