You don’t really know, what challenges your leaders face and are you wondering how you can measure them systematically? This article introduces a survey crafted to uncover the challenges faced by leaders within your organization. Our survey analysis methodology offers invaluable insights for HR managers and CEOs striving to comprehend leadership challenges and serves as a basis for targeted interventions.
This survey is strategically divided into two main blocks to thoroughly assess leadership challenges and their management within corporate environments.
The first block focuses on identifying the specific day-to-day challenges leaders encounter, such as managing team dynamics, adapting to new technologies, and handling stakeholder expectations. This insight is essential for developing targeted training programs aimed at enhancing leadership effectiveness.
The second block delves into how leaders manage these challenges and assesses the effectiveness of their strategies. This part of the survey provides crucial insights into the practicality and resilience of current leadership approaches, helping organizations to strengthen their leadership capacities and support systems.
Key Areas Covered in Block 1 – Identifying the specific day-to-day challenges
The survey utilized the following rating scale. This scale helped in quantifying the responses effectively.

The key areas covered in this survey included:
- Finding suitable employees for your team.
- Meeting the expectations of customers or other stakeholders.
- Adapting processes constantly.
- Dealing with your employees during change processes.
- Balancing work-life demands from your employees.
- Addressing challenges employees face with digitalization (e.g., use of digital tools).
- Being constantly available as a leader.
- Ensuring that your employees take responsibility.
Key Areas Covered in Block 2 – how leaders manage these challenges
The survey utilized the following rating scale to measure the difficulty of various leadership-related challenges. This scale helped in quantifying the responses effectively.

The key areas covered in this survey included:
- Giving Employees Responsibility for Topics/Areas
- Actively Asking Employees for Input
- Building a Team that Supports the Manager Daily
- Implementing a Structured Onboarding Program for New Employees
- Showing Employees Different Perspectives on Problems
- Responding to Employee Demands
- Continuously Training Employees
- Seeking Discussions with Supervisors When Overworked
- Setting Up a Retreat for Uninterrupted Work
- Avoiding Taking Work Devices Home
- Prioritizing Manageable Topics/Projects
- Trying New Ideas with Pilot Projects
- Hiring Lateral Entrants
Here, you can find how a survey looks like. (English & German)

By using this survey, organizations can not only pinpoint specific areas of difficulty for their leaders but also gain insights into the effectiveness of posible coping strategies in place.
This approach allows for targeted interventions that can enhance leadership skills, promote better leadership practices, and ultimately lead to a more attractive workplace. Whether in a fast-paced tech company, a structured corporate setting, or a dynamic startup, the insights gathered from these surveys are universally applicable and can significantly improve the way leaders operate and overcome challenges in any work environment.
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