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Mark of a Leader They’re different from you and me. CEOs, that is. And researchers through the years have identified many different — and sometimes contrary — traits that contribute to their ascension


by Steve Brearton


Percent greater value of companies that are led by marathon runners, as compared to those helmed by nonrunning CEOs, according to a 2015 study of leaders by German academics


72 | CPA MAGAZINE | JUNE/JULY 2015


1 Rank of “creativity” among the most


crucial leadership qualities, according to a 2010 survey of leaders in 60 nations. Integrity ranked second


6 Percent of CEOs who are also pilots in


a survey of S&P 1500 leaders published in 2011. The outcome: “[sensation seeking] pilot CEOs engage in significantly more active M&A policies”


7 Rank of CEOs among seven categories


of senior management in emotional intelligence. “Once leaders get promoted,” notes Travis Bradberry, author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0,


“they enter an environment that tends to erode their emotional intelligence”


32 Percent of CEOs in a 2011 survey who


identified “positive attitude” as a key characteristic of top leaders. Nine in 10 identified the ability to engage and empower employees


43 Percent of CEOs who were first-born


children in their families. A 2007 study found middle children accounted for 33% of leaders, while last-born offspring comprised 23% of CEOs


313 Managers sampled in a 2005 study


that names “learning agility” as the characteristic that correlates most directly to a CEO’s success


2011 Year Jon Ronson wrote The Psychopath


Test, which posits CEOs are four times as likely to be psychopaths as the general population. “First I thought this might just be psychologists feeling full of themselves,” said Ronson in a Forbes interview. “Then I met [former Sunbeam CEO] Al Dunlap”


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