Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others’ trust in that individual’s gut. That’s one of the real dangers of leader selection in many organizations: leaders are selected for overconfidence. We associate leadership with decisiveness. That perception of leadership pushes people to make decisions fairly quickly, lest they be seen as dithering and indecisive.
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Author: Daniel Kahneman
Source: McKinsey Quarterly
Subjects: Confidence, Decision Making, Leadership, Organizational Behavior
Author: Daniel Kahneman
Source: McKinsey Quarterly
Subjects: Confidence, Decision Making, Leadership, Organizational Behavior
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