05/31/2017

Takeaways From the CEO Genome Project

Here's what you can bring to your own organization

A decade’s worth of research went into the CEO Genome Project, an effort to identify the characteristics that define high-performing chief executives. Here’s what they found.

You might think that great leaders have something special in their DNA. But according to the researchers behind the CEO Genome Project, the key to effective leadership is less about how they’re wired and more about what they do.

Drawing on a deep well of data from their leadership consulting firm, ghSMART,  Kim Rosenkoetter Powell and Elena Lytkina Botelho set out to learn what differentiates high-performing CEOs (those who meet or exceed expectations of board members and investors) from other, less successful leaders.

Please click here to read the complete article from Associations Now.