Leadership

The following article/podcast answers some questions and shares facts about our leadership in many facets of our work and life. Identifying the problems and issues is the first step in improving.  I really hope you’ll take the time to listen.

May 1, 2024, | Podcast

Narcissism, overconfidence, low EQ—why do we persist in selecting for leadership traits that hamper organizational progress and leave the right potential leaders in the wrong roles?

Hot air rises—and so, unfortunately, do many of the aspiring leaders who spout it. Why do we continue to mistake confidence for competence, and what should we do differently?

In this episode of McKinsey Talks Talent, Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It) (Harvard Business Review Press, March 2019), joins McKinsey talent leaders Bryan Hancock and Brooke Weddle, as well as global editorial director Lucia Rahilly, to discuss why the traits that propel us to the top seem to diverge so widely from those that make us great leaders—as well as how to choose stronger, more successful, and more diverse candidates for leadership roles.

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