Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on the Role of Leadership in Times of Crisis
Originally released by myHRfuture on 21 July, 2020
Hosted by David Green
The COVID-19 crisis is testing our political leaders like they have never been tested before. Leaders who appear to score high on narcissism and low on empathy are failing dismally. It is interesting that those political leaders, especially female leaders, who combine competence, transparency and empathy and are using data and science to inform their decision making appear to be performing much better.
The brilliant Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is my guest on this week’s episode of the podcast. In a recent article for HR examiner, Tomas shared his belief that the crisis will accelerate the retirement of outdated leadership profiles and highlight the need for competence, intelligence, integrity and empathy.
Tomas is an international authority in psychological profiling, talent management, leadership development and people analytics.
He is the Chief Talent Scientist at ManpowerGroup and a Professor of Business Psychology at both University College London and Columbia University. Tomas is a prolific writer and his articles in publications like HBR, Forbes and Fast Company regularly feature in my monthly round-up of the best HR and people analytics articles.
Tomas has also written 10 books including his most recent, “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?”, and is one of the most knowledgeable interesting and engaging people in our field. I know you will enjoy listening as we discuss the role of leadership in times of crisis and change.
In our conversation Tomas and I also discuss:
Why digital transformation is primarily about people and not technology and what this actually means for leaders, HR and employees
Why skills is a new currency and why learning is paramount
How people analytics can be integrated into other fields, such as diversity and inclusion
How to stay on the right side of creepy when it comes to AI and analytics
What HR needs to do to drive more value
This episode is a must listen for anyone interested in ethical and empathetic leadership and the role of HR and how both will need to evolve as the use of data, analytics and digital technologies become widespread in our organisations. So that is Business Leaders, CHROs and anyone in a People Analytics, HR Business Partner or Talent Acquisition role.
