4 Traits of a Strong Leader

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted May 26, 2016 in Management

It’s well known that strong management is a critical part of organizational health. But exactly what type of leadership behavior is most effective?


Using their own practical experience and searching the relevant academic literature, researchers at McKinsey & Co. came up with a comprehensive list of 20 distinct leadership traits. They surveyed 189,000 people in 81 diverse organizations worldwide to assess how frequently certain kinds of leadership behavior are applied within their organizations. They divided the sample into organizations whose leadership performance was strong (the top quartile of leadership effectiveness as measured by McKinsey’s Organizational Health Index) and those that were weak (bottom quartile) and found that these four kinds of behavior account for 89% of leadership success:



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