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

[scotthofland]

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.

[pablojlascano]

"Being unaware of your limitations increases the chances of becoming a boss"... gotta love that quote, so true.

[AwakeInAnacortes]

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

[jan-lukas]

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.

[ripadipaflipa]

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

[petyrkowalski]

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

[jwh]

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

[edwinserrano]

"The best leaders are humble, rather than charismatic." 3:50

[andrewcliffe]

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.

[hudson]

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.

[twisted.mentat]

Couple of things I found hilariously ironic about this talk:
1. Handsome, charismatic, funny guy railing on the aforementioned
2. Praising women for their humility to which they hooted, cheered, and gave themselves a standing ovation
3. Radio silence when recommending elevating men without traditional masculine archetypes

[rodneypaterson]

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.

[davidglendinning]

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.

[jorgemari]

I love how charismatic, confident, and humorous he is. Oh wait ...

[Astronomynatureandmusic]

My wife is someone who learned to lead - by taking care of our small kids some years ago. Guess what that took: humbleness, wisdom, empathy, ability to gently but firmly lead, look forward in scheduling whilst sometimes chaos reigns.
Although she never asked for it, in her present job she is starting to get asked to manage projects and (from what I see) she is valued as a leader exactly because of the traits she used/uses to lead our kids.

[bonniesitessolutions]

"competence, humility and integrity"

[barryrudolph]

Albert Einstein quote "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits".

[djdarbary]

Imhoff's Law sums it up perfectly: "The organization of any bureaucracy is very much like a septic tank.  The really big chunks always rise to the top".🍀

[beaujaxe]

"Confidence is the feeling you get when you realize that nobody has caught onto you yet."

[BerttoDiSimpson]

“Unfortunately, being unaware of your limitations increases your probability of being a boss”