Decoding
Leadership: What Really Matters
McKinsey Quarterly says that 4 kinds of
behavior account for 89 percent of leadership effectiveness. Highlighted in
bold below.
Top Kinds of Leadership Behavior:
1. Be Supportive
2. Champion desired change
3. Clarify objecitives, rewards, and
consequences
4. Communicate profically and
enthusiastically
5. Develop others
6. Develop and share a collective mission
7. Differentiate among followers
8. Facilitate group collaboration
9. Foster mutual respect
10. Give praise
11. Keep group organized and on task
12. Make quality decisions
13. Motivate and bring out best in others
14. Offer a critical perspective
15. Operate with strong results orientation
16. Recover positively from failures
17. Remain composed and confident in
uncertainty
18. Role model organizational values
19. Seek different perspectives
20. Solve problems effectively.
(Based on a survey of 81 organizations
that are diverse in geography (eg, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North
America), industry (eg, agriculture, consulting, energy, government, insurance,
mining, and real estate), and size {from ~7,500 to 300,000 employees}).
Source: McKinsey’s Organizational
Health Index