Leaders are confident. In order to inspire others to follow, a leader must project complete confidence in their vision, their ideas and their plans. Unfortunately, sometimes confidence can become overconfidence, and overconfidence can become arrogance. When a leader stops listening to people who disagree with them, they make poor decisions and take reckless action.
An effective leader encourages others to speak up, rather than simply agree. According to Dan McCarthy, encouraging and rewarding dissent
is easier said than done, it fact, it’s extremely difficult, and in reality, could be borderline anarchy. As an alternative to having dissent from everyone, a leader can cultivate a cadre of trusted advisors from all levels, inside and outside of the company.
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10 Ways to Avoid the Arrogance of Power
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