Managerial competence, expertise and a great track record are some of the key traits that can help get you promoted to the C-suite. So, too, can being well-suited to handle the pressures particular to your industry.
But executives who end up becoming the very best leaders usually bring something more: a high level of emotional and moral intelligence.
That intelligence is what helps them create environments that people want to work in. It’s what helps them hire and retain great talent. And it’s what leads them to handle problems and failures more productively.
One long-term study even found that top executives who possess “high characters” run more profitable companies than others.
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