CHAPTER 1
Lead with Humility
A recent Harvard Business Review blog post noted, “We have scores of books, articles, and studies that warn us of the perils of hubris …” and then added, pointedly, “Yet the attribute of humility seems to be neglected in leadership development programs.” Perhaps this owes to some feeling that humility would hold a leader back, these mavericks and sui generis leaders who dislike being restrained. Some other leaders might feel they’re already humble enough so they would not need to develop the trait of humility. And many might feel that humility, like integrity or character, cannot be taught or learned. You have it or you don’t, so reading a book on it would not add to their “humility quotient.”
Pope Francis would disagree ...
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