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It’s no secret that executives are often hired based on skills and experience, but fired based on personality. Arrogance, narcissism, and Machiavellianism are factors that we now know regularly precipitate executive failure.” Feder & Sahibzada, 2014.
Humility (the opposite of hubris, or a haughty, nose in the air demeanor), is in short supply. Willingness to learn, to process different perspectives and ultimately to change takes courage. Turn the page…
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In Presence, Cuddy speaks to performance anxiety and the resulting self-focus as narrowing, constricting, enshrouding our best selves with a disempowering emphasis on others’ opinions. She describes the “imposter syndrome” (in which we experience negative thought during high stress situations) occurring at exactly the moments during which it can do the most damage. Turn the page…
Jackie Gilbert is a Professor of Management in the Middle Tennessee State University College of Business.
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