10 Leadership Qualities Linked to High-Performing Companies

Key Takeaways

• In a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. professionals, people at high-performing companies consistently valued accountability-related behaviors as more important than those at average and poor-performing companies. 
• The findings suggest that these leadership qualities, such as taking personal ownership or having tough conversations, are closely associated with company success.
• High-performing companies gave every behavior a score of more than 4 out of 5, assigning the highest importance to “take personal ownership to lead to a higher standard of behavior and accountability.” In other words, does this person lead by example?