In this issue: Data that highlights the current struggles and challenges experienced by emerging leaders, women leaders and entrepreneurs, including leadership identity struggles, and why self‑awareness, reframing, mindfulness, mentoring matter.
Did you know:
- 26 % of new managers struggle with their leadership identity and role transition?
- A whopping 80% of emerging leaders say they are unaware how to tap into their emotional intelligence to lead better.
- Leaders with higher Emotional Intelligence (EI) are 40% more likely to be seen as effective in managing teams during change.
- First time managers engaging in intensive identity work, repeatedly question, “Am I really a manager/leader?”
- Emerging managers benefit from EI focused strategies (self‑awareness, reframing, mindfulness, mentoring) to break self‑doubt cycles.
- 1 in every 5 tech founder is stressed and burned out yet do not hire because they find managing teams intimidating.
- Roughly 7 out of every 10 emerging women leaders experience burnout and uncertainty about their leadership worth.
- A structured women’s leadership program reduces emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and increases leadership aspiration and self‑confidence.
- 50% of emerging male managers are skeptical about sharing vulnerabilities and failures in the fear of looking weak in front of others.
- Relational vulnerability (acknowledging and sharing struggles) supports deeper learning, better identity integration, and more humane workplaces
- Only 35 % emerging leaders feel they have the right tools, support and mindset to have a long career as a leader.
If any of these concerns or doubts sound familiar to you, our K.I.N.D. Program is your answer.
The K.I.N.D. program helps emerging leaders in small and medium sized companies, use the power of emotional intelligence and cognitive abilities to write their leadership narrative, navigate change, and link their leadership success to organization’s success.
Read in depth about the core challenges of today’s emerging leaders
Read in depth about Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
References:
- Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)
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- WiFiTalents. (n.d.). Leadership burnout statistics.
- Sci-Tech Today. (n.d.). Leadership statistics.
- Clark Schaefer Consulting. (n.d.). The accidental frontline leader.
- Soar Leadership. (n.d.). Why most managers fail and how to make sure yours don’t.
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- Raina, N. (2025). Psychological Strategies to Overcome Impostor Syndrome in Emerging Managers. International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research.
- Lee, J., Tackett, S., Skarupski, K., Forbush, K., Fivush, B., Oliva-Hemker, M., & Levine, R. (2024). Inspiring and Preparing Our Future Leaders: Evaluating the Impact of the Early Career Women’s Leadership Program. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 16, 287 – 302
- Satama, S., Seeck, H., & Garcia-Lorenzo, L. (2023). Embracing relational vulnerabilities at the top: a study of managerial identity work amidst the insecurities of the self. Culture and Organization, 30, 442 – 461