Government service is a really good example. The kind of skills you need to navigate the political process are not the ones you learn running a company. A study that chad hartnell led that was published recent which showed that the more you misfit, the more you contribute. And when found is that if you bring a leader into the sea swede, if the organization's culture is more task focused, the relational leader actually adds more value because they're not redundant. But in this case, we gave him orders that made no sense.
In a special live taping at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Malcolm talks with WorkLife’s Adam Grant about how to avoid doing highly undesirable tasks, what makes an idea interesting, and why Malcolm thinks we shouldn't root for the underdog.
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