Exploring the internet, I stumbled upon a somewhat concerning subject. Apparently, in some cases, too high of an IQ gap between a leader and her followers will result in ineffective leadership. Linked below are three pertinent articles:
https://www.businessinsider.com/bei...ight-actually-make-you-a-worse-leader-2017-11
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-14279-001
https://blog.gembaacademy.com/2018/01/29/the-seven-losses-of-high-iq-leadership/
Have any of you experienced the negative consequences of a gap like this? If so, how did you overcome the associated difficulties? This is not something I had considered before, so I would really appreciate any applicable advice.
Please also note that I am not posting this to disparage any certain group of people. In most groups of a sufficiently large size, there will be someone smarter than me or any SA graduate. I also recognize that in those same groups, there will be people whose intelligence is at a level that will create the difficulties noted above. I also tend to believe that personality traits even out somewhere. Someone who is terrible at sports might excel at art instead, for example. So please do not interpret this as a negative thing, I just want to try to be the best leader that I can be, and I firmly believe that receiving advice on this will help with that.
https://www.businessinsider.com/bei...ight-actually-make-you-a-worse-leader-2017-11
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-14279-001
https://blog.gembaacademy.com/2018/01/29/the-seven-losses-of-high-iq-leadership/
Have any of you experienced the negative consequences of a gap like this? If so, how did you overcome the associated difficulties? This is not something I had considered before, so I would really appreciate any applicable advice.
Please also note that I am not posting this to disparage any certain group of people. In most groups of a sufficiently large size, there will be someone smarter than me or any SA graduate. I also recognize that in those same groups, there will be people whose intelligence is at a level that will create the difficulties noted above. I also tend to believe that personality traits even out somewhere. Someone who is terrible at sports might excel at art instead, for example. So please do not interpret this as a negative thing, I just want to try to be the best leader that I can be, and I firmly believe that receiving advice on this will help with that.