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Jane Goodall on Leadership Lessons from Primates

WorkLife with Adam Grant

CHAPTER

The Myth of the Alpha Male

The myth of the alpha male is very persuasive and persistent in societies around the world. There 're a lot of people who don't necessarily want to operate that way. Intimidation or dominance is not their default. It's not perfectly a line with their value system. But they look up the hierarchy, and they see very influential, very visible, roll models doing it, and they think they have to follow suit.

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