BAD HABITS OF SMART LEADERS
ones – he was ! I pointed out that no one in the room but him had an IQ of 170 . They were good people , who worked hard , they were smart people . They were just not quite as smart as he was . Almost nobody in the world was quite as smart as he was . Joe needed to learn to work with normal human beings . I also added that , unless he changed , no one who was as smart as he was would ever want to work for him .
‘ Super-smart ’ people can often make connections and see patterns that are not obvious to normal people – or even ‘ smart ’ people . It can be challenging for any of us to accept that what may seem obvious to us may be a complete mystery to the people around us . In many cases , the smarter we are , the more difficult this may be to understand .
A FINAL THOUGHT Great leaders help others to succeed
One of the greatest leaders I have ever met taught me a wonderful lesson : “ For the great individual achiever , it is all about me . For the great leader , it is all about them .”
It can be incredibly difficult to make the transition from ‘ it is all about me – proving I am smart , proving I am right , knowing all of the answers ’ to it is all about them – ‘ proving they are right and being proud of them having the answers ’.
There can be a huge difference between intelligence and wisdom . While smart leaders may spend their time proving how clever they are , wise leaders spend their time helping other people be the heroes . +
THE FOUR HABITS
1 . PROVING HOW SMART WE ARE 2 . PROVING HOW RIGHT WE ARE 3 . I ALREADY KNOW THAT 4 . WHY CAN ’ T THEY BE ME ?
Dr . Goldsmith is the author or editor of 35 books , which have sold over two million copies , been translated into 30 languages and become best-sellers in 12 countries . His two other New York Times bestsellers are MOJO and What Got You Here Won ’ t Get You There - the Harold Longman Award winner for Business Book of the Year . In February 2016 , Amazon . com recognized the ‘ 100 Best Leadership & Success Books ’ in their To Read in Your Lifetime series . The list included classics and newer books - management and self-help books . Both Triggers and What Got You Here Won ’ t Get You There were recognized as being in the top 100 books ever written in their field . Marshall is only one of two authors with two books on the list .
Dr . Goldsmith ’ s Ph . D . is from UCLA ’ s Anderson School of Management where he was the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year . He teaches executive education at Dartmouth ’ s Tuck School of Business . He is one of a select few executive advisors who has worked with over 150 major CEOs and their management teams . He served on the board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for ten years . He has been a volunteer teacher for US Army Generals , Navy Admirals , Girl Scout executives , International and American Red Cross leaders – where he was a National Volunteer of the Year .
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