An interesting article in a Canadian publication called 'The Globe and Mail' which offered the insights of an organisational psychologist on what the 10 traits top leaders possess; the data was extracted from 10 years worth of Performance Reviews across high level executives.

The different traits are categorised into intangibles that help in good decision making, how they impact the people they lead and finally those which drive a leader towards greatness.

Of the first group, it is that of 'Wisdom' which caught my eye having written a post on this topic a few months ago and the fact it is cited by the author as the one factor which is essential to success in many of the others.

It is described as that ability to intelligently apply all of the knowledge which is available to help make decisions, assessing current conditions, and ensure any learning is brought forward to be used in future scenarios.

A further call to have 'Wisdom' as a key competency to be incorporated in leadership 360 degree feedback assessment in the future!

John