A Big Five Leader
Leaders’ role and responsibility may seem easy, but we often underestimate the struggle to curb certain patterns of behaviour or certain dominant facets of his or her personality. The truth is that a majority of successful leaders have had to exert significant effort on personal growth—either by managing or offsetting traits that could have hindered their careers.
Moving up the hierarchy into new roles or environments, leaders may find they need to play up or rein in different facets of their personality. The qualities that were once strengths can transform into vulnerabilities.