Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)

This is a very well argued book with lots of data to support every point. It discusses how people are drawn to toxic leaders who actually do not deliver results and often are out for themselves rather than the organizations they serve. The author makes recommendations for how to avoid hiring and promoting people who appear to be the next shiny thing, and instead to look for those qualities in people who inspire others to work together to achieve organizational goals. This book is a must-read winner for anyone interested in the leadership field.

This books offers an interesting point of view about how, when it comes to choosing the best leaders, our current standards and natural instincts are deeply flawed. The author did a good deal of research and he offers many interesting examples to explain, in great detail, the consequences of our negligent selections. As a solution, he not only also argues in favor of putting more scientific thinking in our leader's selection process to avoid choosing the worst type of leaders (e.g. narcissists, psychopaths), but also presents interesting arguments in favor of choosing more women as leaders instead, maintaining that the statistics show they typically better than men, less prone than men to certain common leadership vices, and apparently, possess higher levels of natural EQ. One of its main ideas is that for women to be taken into account as leaders they should avoid turning into something they are not, i.e. yet another copy of a flawed male leader, with all their known vices and weaknesses. As such, women should be valued as leaders for what they already have to offer. The book appears to be really well-founded and the author provides dozens of references to other interesting scientific studies, papers, and articles that, allegedly, back up his line of thinking. This is one of those books worth reading simply because it bursts your bubble, it makes you think, it questions the status quo and offers a fresh perspective on a very well known problem. The message in favor of more women leadership is very powerful and I swear I thought the author was a woman until after I had reached the end of the book when I did some additional investigation on its prolific author

This book is based on solid research (sorry, narcissists, I know you will not like the findings) and provides suggestions that can help organizations improve the quality of leadership. No, the solution in NOT just hiring and promoting more women - it is hiring and promoting competent, humble, teachable, and caring people. A must-read for any board, and all involved in hiring and promoting. Implementing these straightforward solutions will require discipline and commitment, but will result in stronger and better organizations.

This is a great book that focuses on the real issue of incompetent leadership in all institutions. Every incompetent leader means a competent leader (male and female) is denied the opportuity to lead a team to success. Business and all institutions need to better understand what makes for a competent leader, how to access leadership, and make decisions that fullfills the responsiblity of an organization, that is, to provide its employees with competent leadership.

Dr. Premuzic clearly outlines what is obvious yet overlooked in leadership and organizations. Love that he focuses on what all (men and women) are responsible to and for in creating diverse organizations where the full breadth of expertise and skills can be utilized by BOTH men and women. Kudos to offering a fresh perspective in this conversation.

Admittedly, I saw the title of this book and purchased it out of intrigue and skepticism.The author makes some good arguments about why some (maybe most) men are able to climb the career ladder. Without spoiling the book, I will say that I liked the emphasis on EQ, AI, and other methods that can be applied to select better leaders.The problems I had with the book are Chamorro-Premuzic's references to "science" studies and Freudian concepts. You'll see these pop up as you're reading, so be skeptical when the author make certain assertions as being concrete facts. Also, there are some over generalizations throughout.

Makes valid points that the same personality traits that make people more likely to GET a leadership job also make them less effective at DOING that job. But I dispute one of his central themes - that those negative traits are far more common in men than women. Also makes valid points about what we should look for in potential leaders . He does NOT promote gender based hiring or promotion, but argues that if we hire and promote based on the right qualities, that will naturally mean more women in leadership.

He supports the concepts with facts and studies from academics authors.The promotion process has to be reviewed by companies that are looking for gender diversity, so HR manager could use the concepts presentes on this book.I’ve improved my knowlodge about leadership and diversity.An excelent book.

Regardless of many scientific studies supporting the benefits of personality treats attributed to women. Women still face disproportionate criticism while lower stantards are used to measure men. According to the author, standards need to become more strict but for men to prevent the persistance of inept leaders in organizations.

I opened my package and this is what I get...honestly why sell a book with a broken back??

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Hits the nail on the head in addressing am age old problem that promotes all the wrong and damaging personality traits, whilst the world's institutions flounder in need of powerful, positive, enlightened leaders who can take us forward into our next evolutionary stage of social and organisational reinvention. One of the few books that calls this issue out in a coherent and credible manner for our modern age. Well written, easy to follow, memorable and I will use this as a reference in my work moving forward.

Original research and shows the pitfalls for being flamboyant. The old values of humility return. Must read