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Boy, the leadership development market seems like a giant turd right now
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Boy, the leadership development market seems like a giant turd right now

We spend billions per year on the "leadership industry." But uh, ahem, er ... what exactly are we getting out of it?

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Ted Bauer
Mar 18, 2020
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No one has exact figures on the "size" of the global leadership industry, or leadership development market, or whatever you prefer to call it. I have seen numbers from $14B to $24B to $366B (wow) back down to $44B. I honestly don't think people know what is even involved in these big numbers. I would guess we are talking mostly about books, speeches (sp…

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