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March 13, 2019 The Financial Upside of Being an Optimist By Michelle Gielan A survey found they save more and stress about money less than pessimists.

Leadership Why Are We Still Promoting Incompetent Men? Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, a psychologist and chief talent scientist at ManpowerGroup, says we're not picking leaders in the right way. While we should be promoting people based on their competence and potential, it's often the incompetent, overconfident candidates — most of them men — who get ahead. Studies show that, by many measures, women are actually better equipped to become strong, successful managers. But the solution to getting more of them into the executive ranks isn't quotas or other initiatives that mandate gender diversity. To improve leadership across the board, we need to focus on the metrics proven to enhance performance and set higher standards for everyone. Chamorro-Premuzic is also a professor of business psychology at University College London and Columbia University, and the author of the book "Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)" (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019). Technology Why AI Underperforms and What Companies Can Do About It by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu Executives need to communicate more effectively with technical experts. Sponsor content FROM GUMGUM Is Your Organization Ready to Implement Computer Vision Solutions? Sponsor content from GumGum. Developing employees How to Get People to Pay Attention During Corporate Trainings by Jacqueline Carter, Rahul Varma, Rasmus Hougaard Bring mindfulness into the classroom experience.

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