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The Unlock: Your Next CEO May Be an Hourly Worker

Your next great leader may already be on your payroll — wearing a hard hat, a headset, or an apron. With 60–80% of the U.S. workforce working in frontline roles, companies are sitting on an untapped reservoir of leadership potential that most succession planning processes never reach.

This brief examines the desire, capability, and access to leadership opportunity that exists within the frontline workforce today — and what leaders can do to activate it. Drawing on thousands of data points from the idealis Pulse of the U.S. Workforce in partnership with CivicScience, it offers a data-driven, human-centered case for why your leadership pipeline should start on the frontline, and five strategies to make that a reality in your organization.

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