The top skill that companies seek in leaders and in senior executives is the ability to motivate and lead others, according to a survey of 1,270 business leaders from around the world.  Top leaders said they preferred a leader that is inspiring and motivating to a leader that consistently performs well.  “While high performance is required to reach the executive level in companies, an executive’s ability to motivate people to do what he or she wants them to do is the number one differentiator between a good leader and a great one. (Source:  HR Magazine, SHRM.org).

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t is a management book by James C. Collins that aims to describe how companies transition from being average companies to great companies and how companies can fail to make the transition.  “Greatness” is defined as financial performance several multiples better than the market average over a sustained period. Collins finds the main factor for achieving the transition to be a narrow focusing of the company’s resources on their field of competence.  One of critical component of good to great is having Leaders who are humble, but driven to do what’s best for the company.  To do so requires the ability to instill these values throughout the company.  This type of company culture can ONLY exist if the leader has the ability to instill these values, hold employees accountable, and recognize that a “high performing team will always produce more than a single individual.”

Other valuable management traits include the ability to manage change and develop talent as well as innovative thinking.   If your company is interested in a free leadership consultation, please complete the attached form:

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