Why do most leaders or bosses tend to have poor people skills
Surely that’s counterintuitive?
36-40, M
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SW-User
I think people at the top are hyperintelligent and are prepared to dedicate most if not all their time to their careers to be the best - 100 hour work weeks where time for social interaction is minimal.
The MD of our company for instance - super intelligent but totally inept with social interactions and with reading social cues. He's an insomniac who only sleeps 4 hours a day, and quite literally works the rest of the day.
Someone who's prepared to dedicate all their free time to their careers won't afford themselves much time to develop adequete social skills.
The MD of our company for instance - super intelligent but totally inept with social interactions and with reading social cues. He's an insomniac who only sleeps 4 hours a day, and quite literally works the rest of the day.
Someone who's prepared to dedicate all their free time to their careers won't afford themselves much time to develop adequete social skills.
JovialPlutonian · 36-40, M
@SW-User if they were that intelligent then they would recognise the benefits of learning social skills.
SW-User
@JovialPlutonian I don't think that's the case. From the literature I've read, it seems a lot of these types of successful people find social interactions challenging, didn't do well at school etc. Most who reach the top start during their late teens/earley twenties and won't stop until their forties - that entire time they will be consumed by their careers.
Plus social skills aren't always a key to success - if you're really good at one thing, and you can make lots of money/make other people lots of money by doing it, it doesn't matter if you can be charming, or make people laugh - you're going to be successful regardless.
Just take a look at the biggest names in business today; Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg come to mind. Hyperintelligent businessman, dedicated themselves to what they do, now lead the pack - but totally inept socially. I find a lot of CEO's / MD's to be this way.
Plus social skills aren't always a key to success - if you're really good at one thing, and you can make lots of money/make other people lots of money by doing it, it doesn't matter if you can be charming, or make people laugh - you're going to be successful regardless.
Just take a look at the biggest names in business today; Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg come to mind. Hyperintelligent businessman, dedicated themselves to what they do, now lead the pack - but totally inept socially. I find a lot of CEO's / MD's to be this way.
JovialPlutonian · 36-40, M
@SW-User they’re more like specialists