The Confident Idiot: Leadership, Self-Awareness, and the Dunning-Kruger Effect

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The Confident Idiot: Leadership, Self-Awareness, and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Steven Matthew Leonard / Jul 7, 2020
 

It was an uncomfortable moment.

We had just finished reviewing his evaluation, and the look on his face bordered between incomprehension and disbelief. We’d had similar conversations during the past 12 months – enough to fill an entire green notebook with detailed notes – but his performance never improved. It was normal for me to spend an hour or two with him at the end of each day, explaining in great detail how to perform the most basic functions of his position.

“I don’t understand,” he said, “why you would give me this rating. I’m a top 10% performer.”

“We’ve had this discussion before.” I responded. “You’re not even performing in the top half of your peer group.”

“No. You don’t get it. I’m not just a top 10% performer here. I’m in the top 10% of the entire Army. How do you not see that?”

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