Posted on 07/20/2015 9:58:54 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After spending decades as Wall Street darlings, arrogant business leaders are out of fashion. The new hotness for CEOs these days? Displaying humility, self-awareness and honesty.
In this new world, a good leader doesn’t brag about his "TEN BILLION DOLLARS," as Donald Trump's campaign did last week. A good leader doesn’t rank his workers and fire the bottom 10 percent each year, as revered General Electric CEO Jack Welch did back in the day. The new CEOs project humility. They apologize when they screw up. They admit when they don’t know something, and they empathize with their workers and treat them decently.
Wild, right?
“You have to be real and authentic. It requires having strong character,” the former CEO of Medtronic, Bill George, told The Huffington Post. “The Donald Trumps of the world, they make it in politics, not business.”
Since declaring his intention to seek the Republican nomination for president last month, Trump has been out on the campaign trail, touting his leadership skills and experience. But for the most part, the business world has actually moved past his autocratic style. The shift has happened gradually over the past few years, in part because the financial crisis bred a deep mistrust for overly confident leaders and in part because social media has made it much easier to call out a boss for arrogance or wrongdoing....
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Hey what happened LOL! I knew they would never stick to it. Trump is just too hot of a news item.
A strange configuration of words to describe someone who is none of those items. I am not above name calling. Your effort to paint the super macho, alpha dog, Trump with a rainbow brush is an idiotic distortion.
Emily Peck continues to disappoint.
I see him more as “confident” than “arrogant”, as he’s able to make fun of himself. Bottom line: Women love confident men more than the milquetoast weenies we’re told to prefer.
The entire blog is “entertainment section”.
Perhaps it has dawned on them that Trump is staying in the race despite their snark.
Are you kidding me? Obama is the hype egomaniac of the century. Why does he not follow the rules set for “The Donald?”
Don killed his dog or something. We just laugh now and take pity on him.
And by the way, he looks like an old lady now. You'd think if he was running for president he could shell out for a testosterone patch. Are Americans going to vote for a girly man now that it's the age of Caitlyn Jenner?
The `uffington Post is the `umblest one going. As is the author, very `umble.
HuffPo means homos, beta males, and simps are the type of guys you find mainly in crappy internet start-ups that make no money, while feminists are usually installed in the top spot (or in high positions) in order to look “progressive”.
Example: Reddit, HP, Facebook....HuffPo.
effeminate hysterical diva like Trump
This is totally backwards. It is the prissy other so-called candidates that operate daily from an emotional base and have been for years. It is patently obvious that linear and logical thought is missing in the District of Corruption.
Well, after living under W s ‘high road’ tactic, and and the no testosterone wimps vowing to every America hating powerful politician and immigrant legal and illegal alike, I be got news for the huff post-humility is outdated in electoral scene
Nice try though. Best go back to not reporting on the Donald if you can stay away
A man who doesn’t have at least some alpha male confidence and the ability to shoot from the hip can never make it past middle management for any extended period of time.
Arrogance may be off-putting but meekness will not get you the brass ring in the corporate world..at least not outside of the left coast.
You’re right. Too bad he can’t make any money.
Who can’t make any money?
> “ Humility new hotness in the C-suite”
Uh huh ... yeah sure whatever you say Huffington Puffington Queer Lounge leaders.
(rolling eyes)
“........The new CEOs project humility. They apologize when they screw up. They admit when they don’t know something, and they empathize with their workers and treat...”
Show weakness, and you will be consumed. Show real unapologetic leadership, and be respected. This article is written by a wimpass, torque-brained liberal.
CEO’s showing such humility are malleable by the political organizations of the Left.
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