Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? av Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

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<p><b>Look around your office. Turn on the TV. Incompetent leadership is everywhere, and there''s no denying that most of these leaders are men.</b></p><p>In this timely and provocative book, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic asks two powerful questions: Why is it so easy for incompetent men to become leaders? And why is it so hard for competent people--especially competent women--to advance?</p><p>Marshaling decades of rigorous research, Chamorro-Premuzic points out that although men make up a majority of leaders, they underperform when compared with female leaders. In fact, most organizations equate leadership potential with a handful of destructive personality traits, like overconfidence and narcissism. In other words, these traits may help someone get selected for a leadership role, but they backfire once the person has the job.</p><p>When competent women--and men who don''t fit the stereotype--are unfairly overlooked, we all suffer the consequences. The result is a deeply flawed system that