Hot Off The Press: Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (and how to fix it)

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Hot Off The Press: Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (and how to fix it)

19 April, 2019

Hot Off The Press highlights newly released books published by Harvard Business Review Press that focus on hot topics critical to those in the HR field and beyond.

On this episode, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, PhD., Chief Talent Scientist at the Manpower Group and a Professor of Business Psychology at both University College London and Columbia University, discusses his latest book which demonstrates what it really takes to lead and how new systems and processes can help us put the right people in charge. Learn more or purchase this book on the Harvard Business Review Press website at https://hbr.org/product/why-do-so-man....

Hot Off The Press: Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (and how to fix it)

Speaker

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Ph.D.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Ph.D.

Chief Talent Scientist
Manpower Group

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