Frontline Leaders: Developing Tomorrow’s Executives is an ASTD Research report that examines the importance of frontline leadership (FLL) development and what organizations are doing to prepare their emerging leaders. In collaboration with the ASTD Forum, ASTD Research conducted an in-depth analysis of a survey conducted in July 2013 of 515 training and development professionals from various industries. The report offers frontline leadership best practices, challenges, and real-life examples from industry leaders.

The purpose of this report is to provide insights on current training and development practices that are aimed at frontline leaders, and what organizations need to offer to help these new leaders succeed. Development practices explored include:

• talent management

• overarching people development strategy

• developing FLL skills.