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While the importance of effective principals is undisputed, few studies have addressed what speciᴀc skills principals need to promote school success. ἀis study draws on unique data combining survey responses from principals, assistant principals, teachers and parents with rich administrative data to identify which principal skills matter most for school outcomes. Factor analysis of a 42-item task inventory distinguishes five skill categories, yet only one of them, the principals’ organization management skills, consistently predicts student achievement growth and other success measures. Analysis of evaluations of principals by assistant principals conᴀrms this central result. Our analysis argues for a broad view of instructional leadership that includes general organizational management skills as a key complement to the work of supporting curriculum and instruction.