Looking like a leader ≠ being one | Ep3 S2

Here's the most expensive misunderstanding in business, confusing who looks like a leader with who actually is one. Extroversion gets you the role, talking, projecting confidence, being visible. Those are exactly the behaviors on display when you're being assessed. But what makes someone genuinely effective at leading, judgment, listening, self-control, integrity, is quiet and slow to read.

So organizations select based on confidence and hope that competence comes with it. It gets worse. Extroverts grab status fast, then often lose it over time, as not listening and spotlight grabbing corrode trust and respect shifts to steadier people. The confident one wins the first impression, not necessarily the long game.