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Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?
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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
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CHAPTER 7

Learning to Distrust Our Instincts

I spend a great deal of my time trying to teach organizations how to identify better leaders. Although you would think that organizations—particularly large multinationals—are quite sophisticated in their leadership selection practices, a quick interaction with their leaders shows that this is certainly not the case. Here’s a recent conversation I had with a senior executive of a top investment bank:

Me: How do you know if someone has potential for leadership?

Bank executive: Well, you just know!

Me: What exactly do you mean?

Bank executive: You know, I just know it when I see it.

If this attitude exists in one of the largest and most successful organizations in the world, what can we expect from ...

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ISBN: 9781633696334