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'Parking egos and taking small steps': Leadership development at Robert Half

Recruitment companies have long been criticised for their approach to management promotions, and Robert Half director Andrew Brushfield says a successful process starts with understanding their "leadership landscape".

"It's fair to say right now that finding leaders in the external market to bring into organisations is difficult," he tells Shortlist.

"The first thing you need to do is know your leadership landscape in your business to start with and therefore you can make a plan on what you need."

Across all sectors, he notes, companies are looking more closely at the skills they have internally.

"Australia's tight labour market has created more opportunities for workers to fast track their progression into management or leadership roles – even with management skills that may have been considered 'under-developed' prior to the pandemic...