Daily: Why strongmen fail the leadership test

<p>If we’re living in an era of strongmen, why are so many (male) leaders failing us all over the world? How do our ideas of leadership need to change? <a href="https://twitter.com/DrPippaM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Dr Pippa Malmgren</strong></a>, co-author with Chris Lewis of <a href="https://www.koganpage.com/product/the-infinite-leader-9781789666496" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Infinite Leader</em></a> and former economic advisor to President George W Bush, tells Alex Andreou why leaders need to lead differently –&nbsp;why we have to stop rewarding psychopaths – and what we can all learn from Donald Trump.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>“We’re seeing leadership failures in every category of the economy. Leaders are failing us everywhere.”</li><li>“We’re training people to exercise psychopathic leadership, not empathetic leadership.”</li><li>“You might see better leadership skills from a single parent than from the CEO of a major company.”&nbsp;</li><li>“The media want certainty – but the public is very tolerant of leaders who say ‘We don’t know – let’s try and find out.’”&nbsp;</li><li>“Trump’s delivery is provocative and obnoxious – but he’s very good at creating an emotional response, and emotions move the audience.”&nbsp;</li><li>“Some leaders are all about ME and some are all about WE. And we need more WE.”&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>