Too Proud to Lead provides essential advice on how to avoid that
hubristic behavior that can endanger businesses, as well as cope with
arrogant overconfidence in others in the workplace.
Laying out the dangers of arrogant overconfidence for both individuals
and organizations, Too Proud To Lead explores the economic and
psychological costs of hubristic behaviour and argues for a new approach
to leadership in order to avoid the pitfalls of hubris. Punctuated with
award-winning research and practical solutions against the systemic
hubris plaguing today's organizations, the authors reveal exactly how
confidence can sour into overconfidence--and why it can happen to
anyone.
With this easily-absorbed book, packed with checklists and key insights,
readers acquire the essential arsenal of tools for understanding,
identifying, anticipating and coping with hubris, in both themselves and
in the workplace, leading to better lives and sustained success for
years to come. Too Proud To Lead guides readers on how to:
- Speak up when no one wants to listen;
- Challenge the status quo;
- Create open and transparent cultures that promote inclusivity;
- Foster positive recognition within an organization; and
- Remove hubris and harassment from their workplace and life.
Hubristic behavior is an age-old affliction, but signs point to it being
on the rise in today's workplace. Illustrated with examples that some
will be only too familiar due to the extensive media coverage of their
decline, Too Proud To Lead provides the much-needed antidote to the
hubris plague spreading through the leadership of today.
