Meritocracy would be a nice idea, but there is no evidence that leadership selection is meritocratic.

We live in a world where men succeed because of their incompetence, and women fail because of their competence.

So, what does progress look like?

It is not about making it easy for competent women to succeed.

Instead, progress is making it harder for incompetent men to succeed in the first place.

If you would like to understand how the word authenticity has been weaponised in mainstream discussions.

Why you should not be yourself.

And the reason gender diversity in business isn’t for the benefit of women – then you really do need to listen to this episode with Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic.

Tomas is the Chief Innovation Officer at ManpowerGroup, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London and Columbia University, co-founder of deepersignals.com, and an associate at Harvard’s Entrepreneurial Finance Lab.

And he is the author of 12 books – which includes Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (and How to Fix It).

This is a conversation that turns so much conventional thinking on its head. My favourite type of conversation!

So if you’re keen to understand how not to lead to the economic decline of your company, this thinking will probably be helpful.

So throw on those running shoes or find that favourite beverage, and here is Tomas.

If you’d like to find out more about Tomas’ books and check out his TED talk, you can here:

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