Perché tanti uomini incompetenti diventano leader? (e come porvi rimedio)

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic has asked a pertinent question and provided insight on how to fix the issue of incompetent people becoming leaders. Although it focuses on why incompetent men become leaders, he identifies behaviours, traits and characteristics incompetent leaders have that many organisations Leggi tutto

The title of this book grabbed my attention because I work with a pretty incompetent leader: a “manager” my co-workers and I often do our best to work around, rather than with, because he is at best useless and often actively harmful. In addition, he takes pride in being above knowing how to do anyt Leggi tutto

The short answer is that make characteristics are considered more favorable and that a man’s confidence is often mistaken for competence. Working in a predominantly male industry, I see this a lot. Another study also shows that if you talk a lot, you’re considered leadership material, even if you ju Leggi tutto

All the male leaders who really should read this book probably won’t. But I now have more sophisticated ways of silently judging them.

Thanks to Harvard Business Review Press and Netgalley for the advance review copy. Once I read the title of this book, I knew I had to read it. Yes, it’s a little clickbait-y but it’s certain to grab attention and get people talking. In my current role my team and I work to develop leadership skills Leggi tutto

I enjoyed the first part of this book that outlined how many male leaders exhibit problematic qualities that detract from their leadership abilities. I’ve experienced this all too many times so it really resonated. However, I felt the second part of the book lacked any viable solution and all the su Leggi tutto

Книжка мені здалась нудною і водянистою. Можливо, просто я не ЦА (напевно, найактуальніше її читати ейчарам). Автор згадує, що книжка виросла зі статті, і це відчутно. Одні й ті ж тези пережовуються багато разів: "зараз я розповім вам, чому впевнені в собі некомпетентні чоловіки стають лідерами, а с Leggi tutto

Even tough the title may be controversial, this book really talks about the real personality traits a good / competent leader should have independently of gender, ethnicity, etc.

Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? I was apprehensive going into this book, thinking the title was just to get people to pick it up, plus it was written by a man which made me even more skeptical. But I was pleasantly surprised; Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic did a great job of explaining leade Leggi tutto