2 The Performance Impact of Humility
A major justification for investing time into studying humility for leaders and professionals in the workplace is that such behavior has an impact on performance. The performance, or results, could be at the individual, group, or organizational level. Humility might be an admirable virtue, but it warrants more attention when we look at its performance consequences.
Humility as it relates to its impact on other people has been referred to as expressed humility. In other words, the humble leader says things or does things that suggest humility. A prime example is the humble leader saying to a subordinate, “How do you think we should proceed?” To help you focus on expressed humility, ...
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