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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
Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
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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.

©2019 Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (P)2020 Gildan Media Leadership Management Management & Leadership Women in Business Business Career

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Anyone in a position of power, however small scale, should take in the lessons within this book. If you have a bad leader in your work life, this will give you the answer as to why and what can be done about it.

Essential listening for all

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This book helped my confidence enough to be offered a Team Leader role in an interview that wasn't for a Team Leader. I thoroughly recommend this book and am very grateful to the author.

This book helped me land a Leadership Job!

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Looks like we're prewired to follow fools. #trump #Johnson #brexit

Any chance this could be added to the national curriculum?

Yup, explains a lot

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Positive: structured practical examples of different leaders and their behavior

Story is well defined and follow a structured process, with life stories, scientific evident, critical thinking and so many; “I have experienced that” “ouch, sounds like me” and so many more.

Valuable insights about future leadership and the need to think different to achieve new results

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