63% of Business Leaders Lack Required Ability to Achieve Success

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sander Flaum, Principal of Flaum Navigators, www.flaumnavigators.com, a strategic insight group that finds solutions for large and small businesses, received the pharmaceutical industry's highest award, the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from leading health marketing magazine PM360 at their September 13 gala held in NYC.  "Sander has made his mark in this industry as a business leader, marketing and sales effectiveness coach, motivational speaker, and best-selling author of four leadership books including his recent book for rising stars Boost Your Career: How to Make an Impact, Get Recognized, and Build the Career You Want."

According to a 2017 Deloitte survey of over 10,000 business leaders, just 6 percent of executives feel "very ready" to meet their leadership needs.  And, a World Economic Forum survey found 86 percent of business executives surveyed believe we're suffering a global leadership crisis.

"We're facing a leadership crisis, whether it's in business, government, or on our social media platforms," says Flaum who took a 40-person pharmaceutical company, grew it to the #2 global leader, and innovated such blockbuster drugs as Plavix, Flomax, Ativan, BuSpar, and Mobic.

Flaum Navigator's Top Six Leadership Tips

Surround yourself with the best performers
Optimize your A+ players, elevate your B+ to the A+ level, have the stamina to let go of your C+ players
The very first job of a leader is to inspire loyalty
Constantly be innovating
Admit your mistakes
True leaders never stop learning

Leadership Crisis at a Glance

According to a 2017 Deloitte Global Survey of 10,000 business leaders and HR professionals:

44 percent of leadership Millennials don't have the leadership training to succeed
Just 6 percent of executives feel "very ready" to meet their leadership needs
86 percent see leadership shortfalls as a top-three issue
51 percent believe the issue is urgent

Flaum Navigators (FN) is an award-winning strategic consulting firm headquartered in NYC.  It was founded by Sander Flaum, a visionary pharmaceutical CEO who introduced such industry firsts as the first patient guarantee program, the first indigent patient program, the first adherence program and the first "War Games" program.  FN offers proprietary workshops to help C-suite executives and rising stars innovate, lead and out-think the competition.

SOURCE Flaum Navigators