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CFO survey finds integrity most desired leadership quality.


More than 30 percent of CFOs polled said the most important quality for a business leader to possess is integrity. Experience and communication skills followed, each receiving 27 percent of the response.

The survey was conducted by an independent research firm and includes responses from 1,400 CFOs from a stratified stratified /strat·i·fied/ (strat´i-fid) formed or arranged in layers.

strat·i·fied
adj.
Arranged in the form of layers or strata.
 random sample of U.S. companies with 20 or more employees.

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