Ep. 759: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
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The Importance of Talent in Leadership
Data shows that women are slightly better equipped for being leaders in the world today because they over-index in things like emotional intelligence, self-awareness, humility, integrity. This is why to me, the best gender diversity intervention is to focus on talent, not on gender. It's very hard to determine whether somebody has potential or if they're just overconfident within seconds of a leadership job. You can see it in American Idol and X-Factor reality TV shows where someone stands up and says 'I'm going to be your leader' And then you look at a televised presidential debate and still rely on our evolutionary archetypes like "Yeah, I trust this guy" They seem
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