Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? | Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic | TEDxUniversityofNevada

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There is a pathological mismatch between the qualities that seduce us in a leader and those that are needed to be an effective leader. Based on research on the psychology of leadership, Chamorro-Premuzic shows that if leaders were selected on competence rather than confidence, humility rather than charisma, and integrity rather than narcissism, we would not just end up with more competent leaders, but also more women leaders. In fact, he argues, the main obstacle preventing competent women from becoming leaders is the lack of career obstacles for incompetent men. Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is an international authority in psychological profiling, talent management, leadership development, and people analytics. He is the Chief Talent Scientist at Manpower Group, co-founder and CEO of DeeperSignals and Metaprofiling, and Professor of Business Psychology at both University College London, and Columbia University. He has previously held academic positions at New York University and the London School of Economics, and lectured at Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, London Business School, Johns Hopkins, IMD, and INSEAD, as well as being the CEO at Hogan Assessment Systems. Dr. Tomas has published 10 books and over 150 scientific papers, making him one of the most prolific social scientists of his generation. His work has received awards by the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, to which he is a Fellow. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

コメント (21)

@scotthofland8858 2年前

Crunch statement: "Instead of falling for people who are confident, narcissistic and charasmatic, we should promote people into leadership because of their competence, integrity and humility." Bravo.
@pablojlascano8322 3年前

"Being unaware of your limitations increases the chances of becoming a boss"... gotta love that quote, so true.
@jan-lukas 2年前

According to the dunning Kruger effect, the most confident people are the ones with so little knowledge, they don't even know how bad they are.
@jwh0122 2年前

3 reasons

2:31 our inability to distinguish between confidence and competence
3:31 our love for charismatic individuals
4:37 our inability to resist the allure of narcissistic individuals
@hudson2441 5年前

It's kind of hard to choose our leaders from competent people who don't want to be leader. Many smart people look at the games people on top play and want no part of it. ( the egos, the politics, the favor brokering, the back-biting, pettiness, undeserved credit, keeping up appearances, celebrity, excessive responsibility and stress) often better to collect your check quietly do the best work you can and go home to sleep at night. I don't know how you would draft such people into leadership.
@andrewcliffe4753 5年前

I was good at my job, I refused all offers of promotion as I wanted a life with my family, never regretted it. Watched many idiots pass me by.
@edwinserrano1070 3年前

"The best leaders are humble, rather than charismatic." 3:50
@AwakeInAnacortes 2年前

First sentence: 'Have you ever worked with people who are not as good as they think they are". Instant thumbs up.
@petyrkowalski9887 3年前

Ego, narcissism, machiavellian politics, self centred world view, lack of empathy...... The reason many men get to the top.
He is spot on with his assessment.
@ripadipaflipa4672 5年前

“Not asking women to act like incompetent men” finally someone is bringing this up.
@bonniesitessolutions7728 3年前

"competence, humility and integrity"
@rodneypaterson7072 2年前

My uncle William Gallagher the man who made the electric fence a viable option was very humble and kind, as an example when chatting with a cleaner the cleaner thought he was a fellow worker. At his funeral, many people came forward that he had helped, he had not leveraged those contributions by publicizing them. The Gallagher Group of companies now sponsors a number of sports teams.
@danielarevalo6222 4年前

im argentinian and just had my ego destroyed. But Alas it will be back very shortly
@davidglendinning9871 5年前

The biggest difficulty is to change from saying " people are sheep" to saying "people are sheep and I'm one of them". We talk about people in general but don't consider ourselves in that category. The reality is that if everybody has that flawed perception, then nobody considers themselves a sheep. We're all affected by illogical biases, whether we choose to admit it or not.
@duytdl 1年前

"our inability to distinguish between confidence and competence" brilliant.
@laken1804 3年前

Kids out there, when your teacher call you incompetent, there's a "bright" future for you.
@averaguilar 5年前

As we say in México, "He who knows things, knows things, he who does not... is a boss"
@jorgemari2969 4年前

I love how charismatic, confident, and humorous he is. Oh wait ...
@itsalgud1459 2年前

Brilliant talk, perfectly delivered, and in his second language! However, at the risk of being labeled a misogynist, I have met and worked for incompetent, overconfident woman. They do exist.
@jeremyboutwell543 3年前

Best leader is a humble leader with understanding that people may going through other stuff in life that might be effect the work so being a listener and helping through intell they get back on track Don’t exist To Control but exist to contribute