The Eight Most Critical Leadership Competencies

SF Examiner -- In their 2001 book The Leadership Machine, Michael Lombardo and Robert Eichinger presented a leadership competency framework that included 67 competencies. Yes, you read that right – 67. That’s a lot of competencies for us to master! Based on extensive research, the list covers the universe of leadership competencies, from “price of admission” skills like ethics and integrity to competitive differentiators such as business acumen and decision quality. The list is so exhaustive that when the authors examined over 100 corporate leadership competencies, they found that 85% of those competencies could be found in their framework. Leadership may be a complex animal, but it certainly has been well examined and classified.