CEO Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

How good are leaders at predicting their own overall leadership effectiveness? This phenomenon has been noted in other research by Dunning and Kruger, who were awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Psychology for their report, "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments."

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Dunning Report Learning-by-Doing Tips 172

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

This is a tricky juncture, when you transition from scrappy, creation mode into organizational development mode. The development of an organization that’s in the fast-growth stage slams you with many new challenges, some of which are extremely difficult for many founders. Delegating does not mean abdicating leadership responsibilities.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Sales pros still need to excel at: business development (generating leads). He has over three decades of leadership experience in sales, including Vice Presidencies at Dun & Bradstreet Software, AC Nielsen, Solcorp (then part of EDS, now HP), and Deloitte and Touche. Sales Basics Still Apply. Steve earned a B.A.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

However, becoming a published author requires thinking about getting an agent and a publisher, writing a proposal, working with an editor, and developing a plan for promoting the book after it’s published. Think Strategically About Your Career Development. You and Your Team Series. Goal Setting. Make Your Work Resolutions Stick.

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Goal Dunning Project Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

There’s sometimes a disconnect between how we talk about leadership qualities (we tend to use words like authority , power , and emotional intelligence ) and what we actually require from the people leading teams and other working groups (arguably, competence and a deep knowledge of the specific work that needs to get done).

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Quality Leadership Dunning Emotional Intelligence 8

LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2014

We have Denise Brosseau, founder of the Thought Leadership Lab here on LDRLB. It would be really boring if we had a podcast talking about a podcast, so let’s talk about the book instead, and let’s talk about Thought Leadership Lab. Thought leadership does not happen overnight. DENISE: (laughs).

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Open-book Influence Books Entrepreneur 74

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

This phenomenon is not limited to inclusiveness — the Dunning-Kruger effect, for example, explains that unskilled people are particularly prone to thinking they are more skilled than they are. In many of our other studies, we have found that senior executives have accumulated more leadership and managerial skill than junior managers.

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360-Degree Feedback Diversity Dunning Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Leadership risk: Psychology has found that "for most people, the fear of losing $100 is more intense than the hope of gaining $150", and IT leaders are no exception. IT creates risk confusing leadership, governance, and managing. IT often fails to step up to its leadership role, identifying instead with "aligned with the business."

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Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

As the famous Dunning-Krueger effect demonstrates, the less competent people are, the less self-aware they are, so poor performers are particularly likely to benefit from a reality check. Leadership styles have enjoyed a lot of airtime. You are not making it personal.

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