Chapter 4 The Benefits of Humility
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Harry S. Truman (American President 1884–1972)
Summary
Over the past ten years, research in hundreds of projects has identified measurable, predominantly positive, results of humility. These can be divided into three groups: Effects of a humble leader on the employees (e.g., in terms of performance or creativity), results for the entire organization (e.g., in terms of strategy or culture) and positive consequences for the leader himself or herself (e.g., in terms of performance or stress).
While I am standing here before you, the top team is away on a two-day retreat, discussing the future of our ...
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