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Mon, 8 Dec 2008

Strong leadership training is "crucial"

Employees need leadership training to help a business succeed, an expert has suggested.

It is vitally important that companies ensure their managers have adequate leadership training, particularly in times of economic crisis, an expert has said.

Steve Crabb, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD's) strategic advisor, suggested that as long as a firm has a solid base and strong leadership at the top, everything else should go well.

This is why it is important to train workers to be leaders, in order to make sure that the people at the top are always capable of doing the job properly.

"Ensuring that you don't cut off that pipeline of future leaders - you need to pursue the short term gains [of training] - in the events of economic turbulence is absolutely critical," he remarked.

A recent CIPD survey found that the majority of chief executives believe the need for good leadership is at its strongest during times of crisis and uncertainty, such as a recession.