REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP

THE IMPOSTOR SYNDROME 97 ship emerge (Kets de Vries, 1985 ). All entrepreneurs need dreams, but they are not always effective in ...

NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone els ...

NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE 99 live up to others ’ expectations and catastrophe will follow. We are reminded of Winn ...

100 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP they may suffer from generalized forms of anxiety, lack of self - confi - dence, and ...

NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE 101 I was exposed to a lot of pressures and, of course, I had to deal with my own memori ...

102 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP Men can suffer similar feelings, often related to an unconscious sense of guilt abou ...

NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE 103 Both those ‘ wrecked by success ’ and those who feel inauthentic possess a strong ma ...

104 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP inadequacy he was so anxious to conceal. In his personal life, for example, he indul ...

NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE 105 general manager. But neurotic impostors face their greatest challenges when they are ...

106 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP insecurity. Work/life balance is a meaningless concept to them. Neu- rotic impostors ...

NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE 107 Because of this, neurotic impostors can be quite creative at destroy- ing their own ...

108 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP How neurotic impostors can impact on businesses Neurotic impostors can actually dama ...

NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE 109 consulting job, Orwell had functioned exceptionally well but this changed when she a ...

110 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP Yet the best — and often most appropriate — way for people to manage feelings of imp ...

NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE 111 opportunities for learning and personal growth, and leaders need to help neurotic im ...

THE ORGANIZATIONAL FOOL: BALANCING A LEADER ’ S HUBRIS The fool speaks, the wise man listens. — African proverb Introduction Hub ...

THE ORGANIZATIONAL FOOL 113 lacking in judgment. I am thinking of quite the reverse: the licensed fi gure of the fool in his tra ...

114 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP The fool as cultural hero As a social type, fools are widely recognized. We have all ...

THE ORGANIZATIONAL FOOL 115 and stick, parodied the crown and scepter of the monarch. Under the guise of madness or stupidity (a ...

116 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP Humor is often a good way of highlighting signs of hubris. It is also a covert way o ...