Harvard Business Review Press
Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)
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- Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
- Harvard Business Review Press
- Hardcover
- 9781633696327
- 8.4 X 5.8 X 1 inches
- 0.8 pounds
- Business & Economics > Women in Business
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Look around your office. Turn on the TV. Incompetent leadership is everywhere, and there's no denying that most of these leaders are men.
In this timely and provocative book, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic asks two powerful questions: Why is it so easy for incompetent men to become leaders? And why is it so hard for competent people--especially competent women--to advance?
Marshaling decades of rigorous research, Chamorro-Premuzic points out that although men make up a majority of leaders, they underperform when compared with female leaders. In fact, most organizations equate leadership potential with a handful of destructive personality traits, like overconfidence and narcissism. In other words, these traits may help someone get selected for a leadership role, but they backfire once the person has the job.
When competent women--and men who don't fit the stereotype--are unfairly overlooked, we all suffer the consequences. The result is a deeply flawed system that rewards arrogance rather than humility, and loudness rather than wisdom.
There is a better way. With clarity and verve, Chamorro-Premuzic shows us what it really takes to lead and how new systems and processes can help us put the right people in charge.
Author Bio
I was born and raised in the Villa Freud district of Buenos Aires, but spent most of my professional career in London, and now live in Brooklyn.
I’m currently the Chief Talent Scientist at Manpower Group, co-founder of Deeper Signals and Metaprofiling, and Professor of Business Psychology at University College London and Columbia University.
Past Academic Positions and Guest Lectures
- New York University
- The London School of Economics
- Harvard Business School
- Stanford Business School
- London Business School
- IMD
Awards & Recognitions
- American Psychological Association
- International Society for the Study of Individual Differences
- Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Source: drtomas.com
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