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Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders (scientificamerican.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: Intelligence makes for better leaders -- from undergraduates to executives to presidents -- according to multiple studies. It certainly makes sense that handling a market shift or legislative logjam requires cognitive oomph. But new research on leadership suggests that, at a certain point, having a higher IQ stops helping and starts hurting. The researchers looked at 379 male and female business leaders in 30 countries, across fields that included banking, retail and technology. The managers took IQ tests (an imperfect but robust predictor of performance in many areas), and each was rated on leadership style and effectiveness by an average of eight co-workers. IQ positively correlated with ratings of leader effectiveness, strategy formation, vision and several other characteristics -- up to a point. The ratings peaked at an IQ of around 120, which is higher than roughly 80 percent of office workers. Beyond that, the ratings declined. The researchers suggest the "ideal" IQ could be higher or lower in various fields, depending on whether technical versus social skills are more valued in a given work culture. The study's lead author, John Antonakis, a psychologist at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, suggests leaders should use their intelligence to generate creative metaphors that will persuade and inspire others -- the way former U.S. President Barack Obama did. "I think the only way a smart person can signal their intelligence appropriately and still connect with the people," Antonakis says, "is to speak in charismatic ways."
Those of us suffering under the current US administration want to know how citizens respond to stupid, irrational leaders.
You had eight years to figure out the answer to that; if you still do not know we cannot help you.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
So smart, but not smart enough to see through the bullshit the media has fed you about Trump.
No, they talk arrogantly. Remember the classic claim that "power corrupts"? Well, there are more varieties of power than political power. Knowledge is power. Money is power. Intelligence is power, too. And it just so happens that in all four cases (including political power), the first symptom of corruption is arrogance.
Trump got right to it even on the day after the election. He's still pushing his mythical three million illegal voters fabrication.
Sorry but the 3 million fake votes isn't a fabrication. Liberal cities like Detroit had more voters than there are residents, and recounts kept losing votes for democrats so they stopped doing recounts. Seeing how California has just gotten worse about supporting illegals since the election I'm thinking the real number is a lot higher than 3 million and hope they enact nationwide voter ID laws before the next election.
my karma will be here long after I'm gone