Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

Impressed with his positive attitude about himself, we asked, “How do you know?” This phenomenon was described by two Cornell psychologists, David Dunning and Justin Kruger, who observed that for any given skill, incompetent people fail to recognize their own deficiencies and don’t recognize the skill in others.

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Dunning Skills Diversity Cooper 11

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Halo Effect Leaders influenced by the halo effect judge someone’s performance or character based on a single positive trait. Negativity Bias Leaders affected by negativity bias focus excessively on negative details or events, often overshadowing positive achievements.

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Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 86

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2013

People are OK at assessing others but really bad at seeing themselves in their own unvarnished, self-centered, sometimes ethically challenged glory, as psychologist David Dunning writes (Robert Stephen Kaplan says we don''t know our own strengths either ). But then only 43% of the total actually made such a purchase. — Andy O''Connell.

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Dunning Kleiner Kaplan IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

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. Conversely, our research has found that many of the most skilled leaders are too humble and modest in assessing their strengths.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Diversity Dunning Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

As Cornell psychologist David Dunning says, “The road to self-insight runs through other people.” But usually, when we engage in this way, we focus on defending our positions. When evidence that supports your position surfaces, turn the dial a bit to the right. Kill your darlings.

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Dunning Hedge Open-book Course 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

Further, in their article "Unskilled and Unaware of It," Cornell University researchers Justin Kruger and David Dunning report that those who are incompetent performers are also incapable of assessing the difference between good and bad performance. Research by the consulting firm Lominger, Inc.

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Dunning Middle Management Document Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

For several years, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. The survey results were, unsurprisingly, negative during the recession and started to turn positive at the end of 2012, but only for the nation’s largest businesses. Medium-sized businesses followed suit and became more positive a few quarters thereafter.

Trends 9

Trends Dunning Survey Project 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

As the famous Dunning-Krueger effect demonstrates, the less competent people are, the less self-aware they are, so poor performers are particularly likely to benefit from a reality check. Although positive feedback is easier to convey, the most useful type of feedback is actually negative.

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Self-aware Dunning Objective Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Having demonstrated the fallacies, you’re now positioned to win the staff over to your camp in forging, launching, and executing a better strategy. Offer an alternative strategy that will still achieve everyone’s goals.

Management 8

Management How To Dunning Mission Statement 8

LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2014

Senate, recognized by the White House, headhunted by the Governor, and appointed to a big position in California. I think similarly with Zoe Dunning, that the person mentioned in the military, she was the only one that was allowed to speak as the only openly gay person in the military, so she had a community she was standing for.

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Open-book Influence Books Entrepreneur 74

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

ts and harms of one choice of action over another, and to balance positive potentials and stated priorities to achieve desired outcomes versus potential harmful outcomes. Dun and Bradstreet , known for their insight on businesses, went a notch ahead when they launched data-as-a-service. Understanding Risk.

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Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Furthermore, the amount of venture capital bears a zero correlation to the amount of startup activity, and is strongly negatively correlated with the presence of mid-market firms ($10 million to $1 billion), which according to a recent Dun and Bradstreet study have created over 90% of jobs since 2008. Voila, “startups create jobs.”

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Dunning Policies Long-term Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

Yet we also have higher corporate profits, positive consumer sentiment, and low interest rates. And it is not just the negative news that is being ignored: strong corporate earnings are evoking little more than positive sentiment from news anchors desperate for a story. Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Uncertainty Long-term Dunning Stress 8