You can't just be a good person, a good leader needs a 'dark side'

by myrrh.ahn

Aggressive, talented, calm, and decisive ... Such a person is the best way to be a leader in an organization. However, research results have revealed that it is important to have not only such excellent aspects as a human being, but also some disadvantages that can be called the 'dark side' of human beings.

The 'best boss' is not necessarily a perfect 'good person', but may have some sort of 'dark side', such as a small vessel, arrogance, or a stiff head.

The results of the research are as follows. Good leaders should use their'dark side'--Telegraph

A study by the University of Nebraska found that a moderate 'dark side', the so-called bad personality, enhances the ability to command. The researchers have studied the leadership growth of 900 army cadets over a three-year period and have drawn conclusions from them.

Prior studies of leader qualities are useful if having a distinctly positive personality, such as sociability, calmness, and honesty, in both execution and leader growth, will help you to stand out as a leader. I was saying. However, little attention was paid to the 'dark side' of the leader's personality, the negative side.

Therefore, it was decided to investigate the so-called 'dark side' characteristics, that is, the parts with bad personality. Despite my research, I had little idea of how much they would affect work efficiency and development.

It seems that some 'yes' responses were answered to the question, 'Have you ever felt that the'dark side'of your personality was useful in some aspects of your work?'

For example, research has shown that being overly skeptical has a negative impact on work. However, being very cautious and having the property of hitting Ishibashi in everything was related to the progress of increased work and the improvement of qualifications as a leader. Some of the twelve 'dark side' related to narcissism, such as acting behavior, being critical of others, being obsessed with obeying the rules, etc., are the leadership of new leaders. Has shown the effect of strengthening.

'One of these traits had little effect, but when they were put together, they played an essential role in developing leadership for army cadets,' Peter Harms said. The professor speaks. 'The assumptions we made about how the'dark side'characteristics influence the performance of work and the development of leadership were false. Even negative personalities are adaptable in special circumstances and roles of work. The result was lucrative. '

However, it is important to note that, of course, falling into the 'dark side' and dyeing completely does not make a person a great leader. According to Professor Jarms, it is permissible to expose the 'dark side' characteristics to a certain extent, and if a colleague or subordinate has a moderate 'dark side', 'that person is strange.' You can get rid of it with just one word. However, exposing 'dark side' traits at very high levels can cause them to escalate morbidly and cause them to be dismissed as leaders.

It's easy to be bound by the ideal of being a leader, but when you become a leader of an organization at a company or school, instead of trying hard to be a good person, you're your own. It may be necessary to take into consideration the characteristics that can be called the 'dark side' that it has.