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Episode 1376:

Many leaders overestimate their abilities, falling victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect. Bryan Shelton discusses how leaders can improve by becoming keen observers of their impact on others, recognizing common leadership errors, and focusing on deliberate employee development. Gain insights into overcoming these challenges to become a more effective leader.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.aubreydaniels.com/blog/overestimating-your-leadership-the-dunning-kruger-effect

Quotes to ponder:

"The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area."

"How a business result is achieved is more important than achieving the result itself."

"The inability to take on someone else’s perspective prevents leaders from truly seeing the organizational or environmental causes for employee behavior."

Episode references:

The Dunning-Kruger Effect: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dunning-kruger-effect

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