Turnbull’s Fatal Flaw
One of the great benefits of living in a democracy like Australia is that you can see and read about the actions of political leaders and learn from their mistakes. We have just seen Malcolm Turnbull, the leader of the Opposition, because a fatal flaw in his personality, shoot himself dramatically in the foot. Malcom Turnbull, before becoming a politician, was a successful lawyer and merchant banker. He is exceptionally intelligent but his personality is dominated by the desire to win. Unfortun.....
Read MoreHowards Fatal Flaw
Over this Christmas I read the 663 pages of Howard's recent biography Lazarus Rising. (The title comes from Howard's famous quote, when he had been ousted yet again as the Liberal Leader in 1989, that for him to regain the Liberal leadership would be like Lazarus getting a triple bypass.) The book is great example of how a person with a high Normal component in acts and thinks. While Jeff Kennett has accused Howard of being so egotistical that he believed he was infallible, I would disagree. Ho.....
Read MoreHow High is President Obama’s EQ?
What made me ask this question was a talk that I attended by Professor Fred Greenstein of Princeton at the University of Sydney titled Barack Obama: The Man And His Early Presidency. Greenstein listed off six key leadership qualities ranging from his gifted communication skills to high EQ. He said the high EQ of Obama is demonstrated by his ability to overcome tumultuous childhood (black father and white mother who divorced when he was two, Indonesian step-father, raised from the age of 10 by gr.....
Read MoreThe Attitude of Wisdom
I have been on holidays for the past three weeks in the USA attending among other things the Masters in Augusta. I will write a blog next week about golf and emotional intelligence but I need to wrap up Mr Pfeffer. In the previous blog I argued that it was hubris that led to managers making mistakes. How do you control hubris using evidence based management is to me the key message that comes from the Pfeffer-Sutton book Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evide.....
Read MoreChris Golis - Author
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