Author Gladwell Says ‘Humility’ Key Attribute in Leadership

Author Gladwell Says ‘Humility’ Key Attribute in Leadership

Writing for Akron.com Holly Pupino has published an article called, “Author Gladwell Says ‘Humility’ Key Attribute in Leadership” where she writes: “What do the former chief executive officer of Bear Stearns, Jimmy Cayne, and Union Army commander Joseph Hooker have in common?

According to author and New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell, they were both smart, talented, successful and ultimately the victims of their own overconfidence.

They both “massively miscalibrated” crucial information — in Hooker’s case, military intelligence, and in Cayne’s case, the deteriorating financial stability of his company. “And both became prisoners of their overconfidence,” Gladwell told an audience at The University of Akron’s (UA) E.J. Thomas Hall Nov. 11.

Gladwell, the first speaker in UA’s 2009-10 Forum Series, has found a winning formula for interpreting research from the social sciences and connecting ideas, making his theories understandable and relevant to business leaders and general audiences alike. All three of his books have been New York Times bestsellers.

Read more of Holly’s article by clicking the title link above or going to this blog posting.