01/08/2018

Strong Personalities Are Good in Moderation

To get something done, put one powerful person on your team - not two

If you want to get something done, put a powerful person on your team. If you want to ruin the team, in order to get more done, put one or two more powerful people on the team. Productivity will decrease.

This is the conclusion of a recent study by two academics -- Angus Hildreth and Cameron Anderson -- at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and reported by Shankar Vedantam on NPR’s "Morning Edition." Psychologists refer to this trait as dominance.

The supervisor must make it very clear that success will require total team effort. Each individual is responsible for results. Failure to achieve is a failure of team as well as a failure of individuals who will be held accountable.

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