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Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Positive Leadership: What A Lovely Suit You're Wearing, Emperor


Warning: If you're opening this blog in a good mood, and you want to stay in it, you may want to skip this post and scroll right down to the bonus bits!

Of course, were you to block out the negative, you'd be acting in a way that Bob Sutton probably wouldn't find surprising. 

In a recent blog post, the Stanford management professor opines that leaders can be more easily swayed by positive feedback than by reality. 

Sutton synthesises several recent studies to show how flattery can lead to an inflated self-assessment and distract leaders from what's actually happening on the ground.

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