EMBA Survival

likeable leaders

The thesis of this book is that leaders are often chosen more for their charisma, not their character, competence, or even true leadership ability. 

Outside of that, the point I believe my professor was making when discussing this book is that people often attribute causality for events when there is no logical connection.

Back to the book.  I haven't read it yet, but I will.  Probably won't have time until after I graduate.  The main fact is, however, people want to work with likeable people.   That isn't going to change.

5 heads are smarter than 1

I already knew this, sort-of.  But the point was really hammered home in our Organization Behavior class, two weekends in a row.  On average, a group decision is superior to an individual decision.  This is actually one of the core values at the company that I work for.  So I knew this, already.  But it was nice to really see hard evidence of group decision making power in action.  And the assignments were a lot of fun.