Executive Presence - HUMILITY

One of ten books in the Executive Presence series.

 Humility is something that is hard to define because it is about things that are missing, rather than things that are there. Humility is a lack of pride or arrogance. People who want to set certain behaviors aside must know exactly what those behaviors are.

 What exactly, is pride? The pride we are talking about is a lofty sense of self-importance, a feeling of being superior to others.

 What is arrogance? Arrogance is a feeling of contempt toward people who are seen as inferior.

 Humble leaders show the behavior you might expect to see when pride and arrogance are set aside. For leaders, setting pride and arrogance aside can produce tremendous results. It is worth understanding and it is worth working on.