Expanding Your Leadership Impact With Nine Science‐backed Capacities

Moore co‐founded the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, and Hull is its executive director. They note that they have reviewed “hundreds of scientific articles on leadership, prioritizing large studies and synthesis articles published recently in the most respected journals by at least seven hundred researchers from 22 countries. We’ve organized, synthesized, and translated this scientific literature into nine leadership capacities.” They discuss the following capacities: in their words: Conscious leadership (See clearly, including myself). Authentic leadership (Care). Agile leadership (Flex). Relational leadership (Help). Positive leadership (Strengthen). Compassionate leadership (Resonate). Shared leadership (Share). Servant leadership (Serve). Transformational leadership (Transform, including myself). They write that it is “all the more important for you to consider yourself an action researcher using scientific methods: conducting an objective self‐assessment (with others’ input), forming a hypothesis about what might be impactful, testing the hypothesis (experimenting), then observing, learning, and adjusting your approach based on the results.” And they believe that “our world needs leaders who inspire and empower everyone to do great work. The quality of leadership matters, and the science shows us what qualities to improve. We can use science to separate the signals of good leadership from the noise.”