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The humble/ambitious conundrum
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The humble/ambitious conundrum

How an executive thinks and speaks vs. how a rank-and-file doing task work thinks and speaks is night and day. That's the real issue.

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Ted Bauer
Oct 16, 2018
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Harvard Business Review goes and poses a good question: "If humility is seemingly so important, then why are leaders often so arrogant?" It's a good question. If you were trapped on a desert island with a browser that could somehow only access Forbes and Inc and Fast Company, you'd assume humility is the norm in so many organizations, and is constantly …

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