Appeared on May 23, 2009
Management Professor and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Donna De Carolis, Ph.D., business commentary covered alternative approaches to leadership. New research suggests that a willingness to share ones weaknesses is an excellent attribute that contributes to leadership since by sharing your flaws with coworkers it gives them a sense of trust and solidarity. The key to this alternative approach is to reveal selective weaknesses such as being a workaholic and not ones that will be taken as a fatal flaw.