“I was talking to somebody the other day whose growth plan was put back by two years because of one wrong hire at leadership level.”
Hannah Mullaney
Chief Commercial Officer
Leadership hires and promotions have always been high-stakes calls, and they are getting harder to get right. Nearly half of the 300 HR decision makers we surveyed said as many as 2 in 10 recent leadership appointments were mis-hires or missed promotions. And 92% have seen senior leaders bypass formal processes to make those calls.
At the same time, AI is reshaping roles faster than most organizations can plan for. Only 1 in 5 HR leaders is confident their leaders can lead through change, and just 37% feel prepared for a blended human and AI workforce.
In this on-demand session, Chief Commercial Officer Hannah Mullaney and Client Solutions Director Olivia Black look at why leadership decisions are getting riskier, what it costs when they go wrong, and whether HR has the data to get them right. They also share how Virgin Media O2 used behavioral assessment data to make fast, high-stakes mobility decisions for 100 leaders, saving around 24 hours of interview prep along the way.
Plus, Hannah shares what happened when one leadership team saw their own data through a risk lens for the first time.
What you’ll learn
- Why leadership decisions are getting riskier, and what our survey of 300 HR leaders shows
- The hidden cost of a wrong leadership call, beyond the salary bill
- Why senior leaders bypass the process, and how to bring them back to the data
- How Virgin Media O2 made fast, high-stakes mobility decisions for 100 leaders
- How to read leadership data through both an impact lens and a risk lens
