N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Do surgeons have a God complex? The CEO must use soft skills like empathy and self-awareness to better understand and influence others. The new leader must abandon the doctor’s God complex, learn to be vulnerable, and create a safe space for others to speak up and express themselves. Sometimes, yes.

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Suri Innovation Self-aware CEO 370

Building Personal Strength

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

A couple years later, I returned to see how they were doing. What I learned is that nothing had changed. But they weren't doing what they had learned. People learn how to deal with each other over a lifetime, and the patterns are deeply ingrained. When you’re with people, are you applying what you learned?

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Training Leadership Skills Learning-by-Doing 42

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2017

It wasn’t surprising that most of group did not like George and found it very difficult to deal with him. Often, it seems that having a narcissistic disposition — grandiose, self-promoting, larger than life — is a prerequisite for reaching the higher organizational echelons. So what can managers do?

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Management Self-aware How To Group Facilitation 14