February 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 8m
English
Thus far, we’ve reviewed the research indicating that men are more likely to be overconfident, narcissists, and psychopathic than women. Even when such differences are small, they are still reliable and meaningful, particularly in shaping collective leadership preferences.
We’ve also seen that all these traits, while they help you achieve a leadership role, hurt your performance once you are in that role. And we’ve explored the slippery nature of charisma and seen how rather than being an inborn trait that some leaders just have (or don’t have), it’s something that followers tend to project onto their leaders, in particular when they are male.
If confidence is not competence, charisma is a mirage, and traits like ...