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Howard Gardner (developmental psychologist) on 7 Types of Leadership that can help understand the way different people think:
Linguistic: ability to speak and write well
Logic-mathematical: ability to use logic and mathematical skills to solve problems
Spatial: ability to think and reason about objects in three dimensions
Musical: ability to perform an
Foundation for the Study of Personality in History,
Kevin Dutton • The Wisdom of Psychopaths
Social neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman points out that a leader who is both technically competent and highly personable is somewhat of a unicorn.
Daniel Casse • 3 Ways Our Brains Undermine Our Ability to Be a Good Leader
To give some additional orientation, it may help to briefly mention some people whose work I’ve drawn upon. Psychiatrist Ernest Hartmann is known for his research on mental boundaries. I found many commonalities between his concept of thin boundaries and the Greek trickster Hermes, whose personality has been admirably described by Jean Bolen, a psy
... See moreGeorge P. Hansen • The Trickster and the Paranormal
Every man hears voices telling him who he is, what he is, and why he is the way he is. Few have taken the time to research their origins.
Michael Thompson • The Heart of a Warrior
Anne Helen Petersen • Myths of Grit and Passion
We want him to be assertive, but not aggressive; to be empathetic, but not naive; to be “a doer,” but also introspective; to be perseverant, but not stubborn; to be prepared, but not obsessive; to help people, but not enable them . . .
John Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
Every man bears within him the germs of every human quality, and now manifests one, now another, and frequently he is quite unlike himself, while still remaining the same man.