
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




