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Essential skills for leadership success | | | | --- | | | --- | | | | | | --- | **Share this email** | | | ---|---|---|--- | ************ --- | | | | | Share this email on **LinkedIn** --- | --- | | Share this email on **Twitter** --- | --- | | Share this email on **Facebook** --- | --- | | | | --- --- | | --- | | --- | | | | --- | | Brought to you by Liz Hilton Segel, chief client officer and managing partner, global industry practices, & Homayoun Hatami, managing partner, global client capabilities --- | | --- | | | | | McKinsey Classics | April 2024 --- --- # The successful behaviors of effective leaders --- McKinsey research has shown, time and again, that good leadership is crucial to maintaining a healthy organization. And while this insight might seem a bit old hat to any high-performing CEO, knowing just what leadership behaviors to focus on—which, these days, is an ever-growing list—is perhaps less obvious. Nearly a decade ago, we surveyed almost 190,000 people in more than 80 organizations to assess which leadership behaviors, from a possible list of 20, stood out among the rest. Results showed that leaders from the highest-performing companies in our research overwhelmingly exhibited four traits: they solved problems effectively, operated with a strong results orientation, sought different perspectives, and supported others. Today’s leaders face no shortage of issues to manage—from the boardroom to the front line. Just knowing where to focus one’s efforts can be challenging. To help you hone your own leadership skills, read senior partner Ramesh Srinivasan’s 2015 _McKinsey Quarterly_ classic, “Decoding leadership: What really matters.” --- _— Drew Holzfeind, editor, Chicago_ --- | | | Unlock winning leadership traits --- | | | ---|---|--- | | | **Related Reading** --- | --- | **The CEO’s secret to successful leadership:_CEO_ _Excellence_ revisited** --- | --- | **Staying ahead: How the best CEOs continually improve performance** --- | --- | **What is leadership?** --- | | --- | | --- | | | **Did You Miss Our Previous McKinsey Classics?** --- | | | | | --- | #### **Digitizing the risk function for the modern era** --- Building a digital risk program is risky business. But significant improvements in risk management through digitization can help mitigate concerns and enable companies to achieve real value. **Create a successful digital risk agenda** | | | | ---|---|--- | | | --- | | | | | --- | **Follow our thinking** | | | | ---|---|--- | | | | | | **McKinsey Insights** \- Get our latest thinking on your iPhone, iPad or Android. --- | | | | ---|---|--- | | | --- | | **Share these insights ** --- | | **Did you enjoy this newsletter?** Forward it to colleagues and friends so they can subscribe too. Was this issue forwarded to you? Sign up for it and sample our 40+ other free email subscriptions here. --- | | This email contains information about McKinsey's research, insights, services, or events. By opening our emails or clicking on links, you agree to our use of cookies and web tracking technology. For more information on how we use and protect your information, please review our privacy policy. --- | You received this email because you subscribed to our McKinsey Classics newsletter. --- | Manage subscriptions | Unsubscribe --- | Copyright © 2024 | McKinsey & Company, 3 World Trade Center, 175 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007 ---