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Selected answers this enormous question by exploring how and why leadership has evolved over tens of thousands of years. This unique approach leads the authors to present a bold and compelling new ˜mismatch hypothesis`: the slowness of evolution means there is a crucial difference between modern ideas of leadership and the kind that our Stone Age brains are still wired for. We operate, at home and at work, as if we were still on the savannah.
Through fascinating examples drawn from politics, business, sport and beyond, across continents and cultures, eminent professor of psychology Mark van Vugt and leading science journalist Anjana Ahuja reveal the hidden importance of our evolutionary history. It explains why we like it when the boss asks after our kids, why Americans voted for Obama, why great footballers usually fail as managers, and how clever followers can control bad leaders.
Selected is the first book to explore how the evolution of leadership ” and followership ” affects us all, and, by doing so, it provides deep, practical insight into our personal and professional lives.
ISBN-9781846683275
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Pages : 272
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