Skip to Main Content
Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?
book

Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?

by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
February 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 8m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Content preview from Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?

CHAPTER 4

The Charisma Myth

She wakes up every morning between 6:00 and 6:30 in her modest apartment. After checking the news, she prepares breakfast for her and her husband around 8:00. At 9:00, she heads to the office, where she meets with her team and discusses the main agenda items for the day. Meetings kick off around 9:30, and as chair, she invites her diverse team to engage in a calm and fact-based discussion, taking the role of a moderator. Next, she attends a working lunch, followed by more meetings with internal and external stakeholders. Most of her afternoon is spent preparing for her next appointments and working on some presentations. She returns home around 10:00 p.m. and is in bed my midnight.1

For leading the fourth-biggest economy ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

The Leader You Want to Be

The Leader You Want to Be

Amy Jen Su
The CEO Test

The CEO Test

Adam Bryant, Kevin Sharer

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781633696334