15 Quotes by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

In most part of the world, the notion of leadership is so masculine that most people will struggle to name one famous female business leader.

This book explores a central question: what if these two observations - that most leaders are bad and that most leaders are male - are casually linked?

...the under-representation of women in leadership was not due to their lack of ability or motivation, but due to our inability to detect incompetence in men.

When men are considered for leadership positions, the same traits that predict their downfall are commonly mistaken - even celebrated - as a sign of leadership or talent.

The result is a pathologic system that rewards men for their incompetence while punishing women for their competence.

How can smart and educated people make self-destructive leadership choices, political term after term, without learning the lessons from previous failures.

How can rational people who have their own best interests at heart fall for charismatic con artists who promise them the impossible while pursuing harmful agendas and corrupt selfish interests?

Specifically, women elicit more respect and pride from their followers, communicate their vision more effectively, better empower and mentor their subordinates, approach problem solving in a more flexible and creative way; and are fairer and more objective in their evaluation of direct reports.

Since we all want better leaders, we should not lower our standards when we select women, but we should raise them when we select men.