In a study done by Leadership IQ, CEO, Mark Murphy and his team followed 20,000 new hires during their first three years of employment.
The results were startling: 46% of the participants failed in their job during the first 18 months due to ATTITUDE. Read on to learn more about why and what your organization can do to have better results.
I was somewhat aware of this, but had no idea that the balance was so far off in the direction of attitude being such a problem. Typically where I work, behavior has to become quite extreme before the person is fired.
I have noticed a trend in recent years toward training people leaders in emotional intelligence, they are expected to have the technical abilities to do their job, but it has been recognized that people leaders need to be trained to have appropriate people skills.