5 keys to recognizing people who have a genuine talent for leadership
Team surveys and organizational-level surveys are helpful tools for organizations to consider.Human history is the history of good and bad leadership. From Alexander the Great’s conquests to the formation of the United Nations, to the transformation of Microsoft by Satya Nadella, leadership determines the fate of human groups and will no doubt shape the future of humanity.
That said, the mind is extraordinarily flawed when it comes to selecting moral and effective leaders. Consider country leaders such as Mussolini, Stalin, Genghis Khan, Shaka Zulu, and Mao Zedong, as well as organizational leaders like Adam Neumann , Elizabeth Holmes , and the cast and crew from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.
Why do we select leaders that cause widespread misery to powerless followers? Or, less dramatically, are simply ineffective at creating healthy and productive cultures? The same reason that you’re afraid of spiders but perfectly fine going 80 miles per hour down the highway. We are living with an archaic brain that evolved to select leaders that could defeat the enemy on the other side of the river—not lead through uncertainty and complexity in the 21st century.
Our old psychology is even inherent in succession planning practices, where organizations decide who should lead next. One of the worst practices, for instance, is current managers nominating star players on their team for promotion.is deeply flawed. Organizations should use data, not single opinions, especially considering we’re operating with an archaic brain and traveling at lightning speeds into a complex future.
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