To Win the Respect of Followers, Leaders Need Personality Intelligence
The diversity of identities and personalities in today’s knowledge workplace complicates a leader’s task. However, knowing what factors shaped and still influence those identities can help a leader understand – and predict – why certain personalities behave in certain ways. Made aware and sensitized, a leader comes to respect those identities. In turn, followers come to respect the leader.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Maccoby | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
The Productive Narcissist: The Promise and Peril of Visionary Leadership
In this provocative analysis of contemporary business leaders, psychoanalyst and consultant Maccoby (The Gamesman) reminds readers of Freud’s assessment of the narcissist as “the type of person who impresses us as a personality, who disrupts the status quo and brings about change.” Maccoby finds examples of these personalities in Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Steve Jobs and Intel’s Andy Grove. For Maccoby, the difference between the … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Author: Michael Maccoby | Subject: Leadership