Perception and Reality in Leadership

RESOURCES:

Stradivarius Effect:

• Violinists Can’t Tell the Difference Between Stradivarius Violins and New Onesblogs.discovermagazine.comDiscover, January 2, 2012→
• Players and Listeners Both Prefer a New Violin to a Stradivariustheatlantic.comThe Atlantic, May 8, 2017→
• Study Finds the Accidental Genius of Stradivarius Violinstelegraph.co.ukThe Telegraph, July 11, 2018→
• The Secrets of the Violin – Part III: The Stradivarius Effectmedici.tvMedici.tv (documentary)→
• The Look of Musicnews.harvard.eduHarvard Gazette, August 19, 2013→
• People Favor Naturals Over Strivers — Even Though They Say Otherwisehbr.orgHarvard Business Review, May 19, 2016→

Dunning-Kruger Effect:

• Why Bad Leaders Think They Are Good Leadersbusinessinsider.comBusiness Insider, August 19, 2017→
• The Dunning-Kruger Effect Helps Explain Why People Resist Hearing Constructive Criticismforbes.comForbes, February 22, 2017→
• The Dunning-Kruger Effect Shows Why Some People Think They’re Great Even When Their Work is Terribleforbes.comForbes, January 24, 2017→

Self-Assessments:

• MindTools.com EQ Self-Assessment (FREE)mindtools.comA great tool for a simple assessment of your emotional intelligence and some steps to improvement. (15 questions, approximately 5 minutes)→
• Rebel Talents’ Rebel Assessment (FREE)rebeltalents.orgHow much of a rebel are you? This is a fantastic test to see how rebellious you are in your problem-solving skills…and how to make the most →

Other Resources:

• Drunk People are Better at Creative Problem-Solvinghbr.orgHarvard Business Review, May-June 2018 issue→
• Is the Dress White and Gold or Black and Blue?businessinsider.comBusiness Insider→
• Bullet Journal: We discussed this as a tool to help track and see emerging trends that can assist you with problem-solving, goal-setting, and EQ development and improvement. The link above is a how-to from the inventor of the Bullet Journal. Also, here’s an alternative link to a very minimalist approach to the Bullet Journal. And one more link you might enjoy (though this video is somewhat lengthy) is this video entitled “what I was doing wrong in my bullet journal.”

Downloads:

• Problem Solving with Emotional Intelligence

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