Leadership Development Trend Report 2025

The world of leadership is being rewritten and most organizations are unprepared. Lumolead’s Leadership Development Trend Report 2025 is your strategic guide to navigating this shift. Based on insights from hundreds of companies and thousands of leaders, this report explores what today’s leaders need to thrive in a fast-changing, AI-driven, hybrid world.

Whether you’re a CEO, HR leader, or Learning & Development professional, this is your roadmap to developing talent that drives real business outcomes.

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What’s Inside the Report?

• Why 41% of CEOs say developing the next generation of leaders is their #1 challenge
• The 6 leadership development trends shaping the future of organizations
• What employees really want from their managers (and how most leaders miss the mark)
• How HR and L&D teams can overcome shrinking budgets and low program engagement
• The rise of AI coaching, microlearning, emotional leadership — and what to do about it

This report doesn’t just highlight the problems — it offers actionable frameworks and design principles to build leadership programs that work in the real world.

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