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2024 SPECIAL REPORT

How to Build a Better Boss
WHAT LEADERS (AND THEIR TEAMS) NEED NOW TO THRIVE

What behaviors do great managers share? And what responsibility do organizations and senior leaders have to provide development support to elevate the rest?

Perceptyx captured data from more than 1,500 managers and 1,600 workers to uncover the specific behaviors exhibited by great managers – as seen through the eyes of their direct reports as well as the managers themselves – and the impact these behaviors have on our work environment, employee well-being, and productivity.

How to build a better boss: what leaders and their teams need now to thrive

Download the full report to discover:

  • The 5 behaviors managers need to be considered a “best boss ever,” and the corresponding skills needed to sustain these behaviors,

  • The positive and negative ripple effects of people managers on both individual employees and organizational performance,

  • What managers told us they need to grow and develop these behaviors, given increasing demands,

  • The critical role of employee feedback, including insights captured via employee listening events, to helping managers take corrective action and address behavioral blind spots, and

  • Actionable recommendations to help ease the “manager squeeze,” and empower managers to successfully lead through disruption.