Leadership Strategy Services

Study by Egon Zehnder International and McKinsey & Company

There is little doubt that leadership quality is a key determinant of a company’s growth, but the specifics are frustratingly elusive. Egon Zehnder International and McKinsey & Company have carried out thorough statistical analyses of the relationship between managerial quality and revenue growth, across a global sample of more than 5,000 leaders in 47 listed companies. The study confirms that talent matters. The study also makes it clear that having good leaders is not good enough; only excellence makes the difference. Companies with outstanding leadership teams have a high correlation with revenue growth, while those with solid but unexceptional leaders have no correlation at all. The study also shows that several commonly held beliefs are mistaken. For example, it is not true that a solid talent bench can pull off any strategy: leadership is always contextual, and competencies for success vary greatly by strategy.

Egon Zehnder International’s Management Appraisal is a rigorous, carefully structured, fact-based process used to evaluate human capital at both the individual and collective levels. We provide timely, accurate, objective assessment of your organization’s human capital.

Every team, a unique challenge. Our methodology for team effectiveness review is built on a wide range of targeted research and on the insights of expert theorists. We use a 270° team dimension questionnaire as the starting point for team behavior interviews and carefully considered reference discussions, all of which are integrated into a summary of insights.