CEO Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

How good are leaders at predicting their own overall leadership effectiveness? We then determined how effective a leader’s manager, peers, direct reports, others, and the leader themselves were at predicting the leader’s overall effectiveness. Direct Reports: Our direct reports know us well and see us in both good and bad situations.

Dunning 172

Dunning Report Learning-by-Doing Tips 172

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

If you’ve got outside funders, they’re demanding more and better financial reporting from you, and your board is starting to breathe down your neck about preparing for an IPO. It’s critical that you now bring in more direct reports, including a number of high-competency specialists. But when are you going to find the time?

IPO 120

IPO COO Dunning Delegation 120

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Even the challenge of writing the book also requires many more steps than people initially assume, including thinking much more carefully about the overall structure of a document than is generally required to write a shorter report or article.

Goal 13

Goal Dunning Project Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The graph below shows the senior leaders’ self-ratings and their ratings by direct reports. This phenomenon is not limited to inclusiveness — the Dunning-Kruger effect, for example, explains that unskilled people are particularly prone to thinking they are more skilled than they are.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Diversity Dunning Analysis 8