Attributes that best describe Successful Leaders: A Perceptual Analysis
Periods with visible examples of organizational failure focus and renew attention on efforts to define successful leadership. As the world economy struggles to recover from the Great Recession, there is often an expression of disappointment or disgust with the leadership of leading businesses and institutions. Are the organizations that were too big to fail also too big to lead? Or instead did our problems arise from a failure of leadership? In the wake of financial collapse and reported managerial mismanagement leaders are again being examined, searching for traits, behaviors, powers and situations that correlate with success. Although there may be traits that guarantee leadership success, some qualities are perceived to be more important in describing successful leaders. This study explores managerial perceptions of attributes that describe successful leaders. Managers were surveyed as to the relevant strength of a pool of potential Chief Executive Officer (CEO) candidates. They were asked to assume they were on a committee to select a new CEO for their company. They were asked to rank the submitted candidates. Sixteen hypothetical candidates were included to provide a detailed analysis of four unique attributes that a leaders might posses. The data allows for an allocation-type study.
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2013
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Authors: | Spears M.C. ; Parker D.F. |
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Advances In Management. - Advances in Management. - 2013, February
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Advances in Management |
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