{"id":49768,"date":"2024-02-15T15:46:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T20:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/?post_type=articles&p=49768"},"modified":"2025-05-08T06:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:57:55","slug":"learn-leadership-skills-online-and-transform-without-travel","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/articles\/leading-effectively-articles\/learn-leadership-skills-online-and-transform-without-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Leadership Skills Online and Transform Without Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Online Learning for Busy Leaders on the Front Lines<\/h2>\n

Frontline leaders are stretched thin. The average number of hours worked in a week continues to rise every year. Leaders are also experiencing more change at a faster rate than ever before, which usually means spending even more time on the clock, both in the office and at home. Squeezing in time for development is difficult, and organizations often skimp on investing in training for frontline managers, supervisors, and individual contributors at the lower leader levels.<\/p>\n

Yet these first-level managers are typically an organization\u2019s largest group of leaders, often almost 40% of the leadership population. In fact, fully 60% of frontline managers report they\u2019ve never received any<\/em> training for their first leadership role.<\/p>\n

Investing in these leaders from the beginning is critically important to set them up for success and, by extension, pave the way for the success of your entire organization.<\/p>\n

Our research has identified\u00a06 key skills that frontline managers need<\/a>:<\/p>\n