Four Traits that Correlate With Leadership Success
A range of traits make up leadership ability, and companies that invest in developing leaders likely want to prioritize among the possibilities. To do this, it is helpful to look at leadership research, such as that of global management consulting firm McKinsey&Company, which has taken on the task of investigating which leadership traits most closely correlate with leadership success. Their research found four traits in particular that “closely correlate[s] with leadership success, particularly among frontline leaders.” These four behaviors were prevalent in strong organizations with effective leaders, as reported in the article in McKinsey quarterly, Decoding Leadership: What Really Matters: Solving problems effectively: “The process that precedes decision making is problem solving, when information is gathered, analyzed, and considered,” the authors write. This trait is what helps leaders effectively tackle…
