YouTube interview-style video featuring James Laughlin in a conversation about the claim that “leadership is overrated.” In this opening exchange Laughlin references a new book (called out by the other speaker) and frames the discussion around what the phrase ‘leadership is overrated’ means. The tone is conversational and prompted by curiosity about the book’s argument.
Hey, Leadership is Overrated.
The title of.
Your new book got me fired up. I was like, what on earth does this mean? Like, I geek out in leadership. So I lifted it. I was like, whoa, I gotta chat to these guys. So what do you mean, leadership is overrated?
Well, I'll start this off, James. And here's what we mean in our country. In the United States, we spend about $60 billion a year on leadership development. Worldwide, we spend about $125 billion on leadership development. This is workshops. These are books that you read. These are conferences. You ATT or possibly even TED Talks that you speak out, whatever it might be. We are spending billions and billions of dollars across the globe on leadership development. Yet year after year, survey after survey, it comes back that people hate their boss. In the United states, it's about 75%. Worldwide, it's about 82%.
