Outwork

High-Performance Lifestyle

  • Home
  • Start Here
  • Book Club
    • Home
    • Book Study
  • Coaching
  • Contact

10 Myths of Leadership

October 15, 2017 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

Facebook0
Twitter0
Google+0
LinkedIn0
Pinterest0

1. Leadership is an art and not a science.

The true answer is that it is both. Leaders tend to understand the artful grace of commanding a team but the metrics used to implement ideas and principles are grounded in science: observable & repeatable.

2. Leadership is inclusively a human endeavor.

It exists in order domains — pack of wolves & pride of lions. Elephants also have a very sophisticated matriarchal understanding of leadership. The Australian steel-blue sawfly has leaders that decide on group movements.

3. Leadership is based on a formal position and authority.

The best leaders rely on informal power and authority.

Leaders use: expert & referent power.

Managers use: coercive, reward, & informational power.

Read More: The Bases of Social Power

4. Leadership does not matter for performance. 

Leadership accounts for 45% of the variant for organizational performance.

5. Great leaders are born not made. 

It is both — nature versus nurture.

Nurture- Most leaders are made through their experiences, education, training, and individual efforts to persevere: people can develop into leaders if they continue to challenge themselves.

Nature- There is a  gene associated with leadership — responsible for 25-35% of potential.

6. Men are better leaders than women.

Fewer women are leaders due to cultural norms & paradigms but the potential is absolutely equal. “Glass Cliff phenomenon” implies that women are put into positions when there is a greater likelihood of failure, thus shaping societal perceptions.

7. Leadership training is useless. 

A meta-analysis (study of studies) shows that leadership training matters for results — provides a distinct opportunity to practice while receiving feedback.

8. The only real preparation for leadership is leadership experience.

“Experience without theory teaches us nothing” – W. Edwards Deming

9. Leadership is culturally specific. 

GLOBE study across 62 countries & 10 societal clusters– shows there are universally endorsed leadership attributes and practices.

10. Leadership is rare and exclusive. 

Leadership skills & abilities are widely distributed. Overly investing in high-potential leaders does not guarantee success.

Related Posts:

Outwork Book Club: Presence
Outwork Book Club: Start With Why
The Reforging of a Leader
The #1 Rule of Leadership

Filed Under: Leadership (Influence) Tagged With: Influence, Leadership

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

I Will Outwork

Do the thing and you shall have the power. Enter your email for access to the #1 weekly newsletter for all things HPX Lifestyle. Bridge the Gap!

#OUTWORK SOCIAL MEDIA

Recent Posts

  • The Reforging of a Leader
  • Banting’s Letter on Corpulence
  • Top 10 Books for a HPX Lifestyle
  • Books of JAN/FEB/MAR 2020
  • What it Takes to Have Grit
  • How to Design a High-Performance Life (style)
  • All Books of 2019 (each described in 1 sentence)
  • 10 Ways to Achieve the Body you Always Wanted
  • Books of OCT/NOV/DEC 2019
  • The Quest to Conquer Modern Day Nutrition

Categories

  • ►Business (Entrepreneurship) (12)
  • ►Discipline (Character) (13)
  • ▼Leadership (Influence) (7)
    • 10 Myths of Leadership
    • Outwork Book Club: Presence
    • Outwork Book Club: Start With Why
    • Simon Sinek on Leadership
    • The #1 Rule of Leadership
    • The Best Leadership Speech Ever
    • The Reforging of a Leader
  • ►Lifestyle (Opinion) (17)
  • ►Mindset (Psychology) (16)
  • ►Motivation (28)
  • ►Outwork Book Club (27)
  • ►Physicality (14)

Support Our Pursuit

Click on this link for any shopping on Amazon to help support our company with no additional cost.


Outwork Disclaimer

Outwork, LLC. and its subsidiaries aim to provide the highest quality of information and standards of integrity.

SUPPORT OUR PURSUIT

BTG WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

WE SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE

Copyright © 2021 · Metro Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in