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Are Leaders Getting Too Emotional?
An interview with Gautam Mukunda and Gianpiero Petriglieri by Adi Ignatius and Sarah Green Carmichael
There’s a lot of crying and shouting both in politics and at the office. Gautam Mukunda of Harvard Business School and Gianpiero Petriglieri of INSEAD help us try to make sense of it all.
Sarah Green Carmichael: It seems today, with leaders being in public more, there is an emphasis on our leaders always being authentic—that’s the buzzword. And tears and shouting do seem to exude authenticity. Gianpiero, what do you make of that? Are our leaders crying and shouting to prove to us that they are real in some way?
Gianpiero Petriglieri: I don’t think people care about leaders being authentic. I think people care ...
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