Personality isn’t necessarily a bad guide to leaders’ effectiveness, but there are some major red herrings.
Personality isn’t necessarily a bad guide to leaders’ effectiveness, but there are some major red herrings.
When Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine announced last week that she couldn’t bring herself to vote for Donald Trump for president, she hardly mentioned his policy positions. Instead, Collins focused on Trump’s personality. “His disregard for the precept of treating others with respect, an idea that should transcend politics,” she wrote in the Washington Post, concluding that “Trump lacks the temperament, self-discipline, and judgment required to be president.”
