First-time managers: Understanding and Supporting a Key Population for Organisational Performance and Transformation

Our Management Barometer 2025 reveals what 4,000+ professionals across the globe think about the state of management today and what needs to change.

First-Time Managers are the future. But are we setting them up to succeed?

Our Management Barometer 2025 reveals what 4,000+ professionals across the globe think about the state of management today and what needs to change.

About the Barometer 

Conducted in March 2025

4,271 first-time managers surveyed

(less than 2 years in role)

441 HR Directors and Heads of Training

Covering 10 countries

UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Chile

Participants from both public and private organisations with 50+ employees

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