How Bold Leadership Can Help Or Hurt You
Joe Folkman
Co-Founder, Global Authority in Psychometrics and Research, Leadership, and Change. Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Executive Coach.
Is being bold always a good thing? Recently, Zenger Folkman did some research on theimpact of bold leadership. Bold leaders speak up in difficult conversations, take risks, volunteer for assignments and often think in unconventional ways. However, there are some negative consequences of boldness as well.
I created a bold leadership index with seven items from Zenger Folkman’s Extraordinary leader 360-assessment survey. I looked at data from more than 76,000 leaders who receive evaluations on average from 13 others (manager, peers, direct reports). Comparing those who rank at or above the 75th percentile to those below the 75th percentile, I found the following difference on their overall ratings of overall leadership effectiveness.
Boldness in leaders seems to have a dramatic, positive impact on overall perceived effectiveness. After doing this research we found a great deal of interest in bold leadership and received a number of questions from leaders about their individual level of boldness. To help people understand if they are bold leaders Zenger Folkman created a self-assessment. We launched this self-assessment a few months ago and more than 1,400 people from across the globe have completed it so far. To complete this assessment yourself, click here....