News 02-12-09 Study: We Mistake Confidence for Competence (Time.com) "If you have ever suspected that your boss isn't actually good enough at what he or she does to deserve the job in the first place, a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that you might be right." "Repeatedly, the ones who emerged as leaders and were rated the highest in competence were not the ones who offered the greatest number of correct answers. Nor were they the ones whose SAT scores suggested they'd even be able to. What they did do was offer the most answers — period." " 'Dominant individuals behaved in ways that made them appear competent,' the researchers write, 'above and beyond their actual competence.' Troublingly, group members seemed only too willing to follow these underqualified bosses. An overwhelming 94% of the time, the teams used the first answer anyone shouted out — often giving only perfunctory consideration to others that were offered." 02-09 Cultivating the World's "Green" Leaders (National Geographic) "For many universities around the world, the college experience has become more environmentally friendly, from recycling to renewable energy use to biking to class." "But at EARTH University in eastern Costa Rica, the quest for green extends far beyond campus life—it's the main focus of study." " 'We're forming leaders to go out and influence their communities and their countries to take greater care of the Earth and change the world,' said José Zaglul, the university's president." 04-08

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