Blindspot 5

The Achilles’ Heel of Leaders

Kirk Hanson, university professor and executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, asserts that the Achilles’ heel of leaders can be found when they:

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Believe they know it ……… .

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Believe they are in ………….. .

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Believe the rules don’t apply to …………. .

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Believe they will ……………. .

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Believe they did it all by ………………….. .

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Believe they are better than the “……………… “.

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Believe they are the …………………. .

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“Pride is concerned about ……… is right.

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Humility is concerned about ……… is right.” –Ezra Taft Benton