The Leadership Skills Gap
Formal management and leadership training remains a considerable gap in the professional world. According to the CMI, a striking 82% of people in the UK become managers without any formal training, creating an epidemic of what are known as "accidental managers." Globally, Gallup's 2025 "State of the Global Workplace" report found that less than half of the world's managers have ever received any formal training. Even among senior leaders, a significant 26% report having never received any formal training, suggesting that this skills gap extends to the highest levels of an organization.
The consequences are significant - untrained managers struggling with essential skills like communication, motivation, and collaboration, which can lead to decreased team effectiveness, lower employee engagement, and higher staff turnover. Investing in both foundational and transformational leadership training is a necessity for any business looking to improve its performance, build a strong internal culture, and gain a decisive edge on the competition.
Overcoming the Leadership Skills Gap
At Outcome1, we've essentially developed a unified theory of leadership - a user manual for leaders - that draws on cutting-edge insights from neuroscience. By understanding how our human brains (i.e., people) truly operate - from motivation and decision-making to emotional regulation - we equip leaders with a foundational knowledge that makes every other leadership and team-based skill more powerful and intuitive.
From this foundation, leaders, teams and individuals have the tools to fully engage in the process of building and developing the business or organisation - but we also develop the clarity and knowledge needed to succeed as a business. From mastering the finances and developing the strategy, to business models and marketing - we fill in those gaps.
The Outcome
The result is the Outcome1 framework that we call STEPS.
Our proprietary STEPS Model provides a clear, actionable roadmap for transforming leaders and teams, integrating brain science with real-world business challenges.