Dynamic Business Leaders

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In human world, people who have power in business world are almost the same type, such as “six feet tall, a deep voice, a good posture, a touch of grey in his thick, lustrous hair and, for his age, a fit body”. Comparing with gorilla society, people also could find out the gorillas those have power are close to the same type. However, the society of human changes quickly and those changes make some other non-stereotype people get the power. In the past, only men could get the higher position in business world and this situation means that women faced glass ceiling. But in recent years, more and more women touch the higher position in companies.. The article also stated that geeks who wear short trousers execute some most dynamic businesses. …show more content…
The author suggests that humans have seen a lot evolving in terms of who the leader should be. There have been numerous changes kicking away the traditional notion that gives a leader certain physical appearances and characters. In addition, gender is no longer a problem to consider when choosing who should chair. Most of all, dressing is currently a totally forgotten factor when considering a leader. These evolved changes are further evident considering facts like in the Greek world one is prone to find leaders dressed in shorts yet so powerful. Secondly, in the current American society, countless women in leadership positions are well respected. The Economist Newspaper author(s) further strengthens the view over human evolution regarding leadership by pointing out that, in fact, some societies have disregarded CEOs’ in suits. Because of the above, the article observes that it raises eyebrows to find people who still believe in the long gone notions over leadership. But yes, the better numbers of bosses today still conform to it as though in the past. The article in review observes that many leaders today are tall as researched over by Malcolm Gadwall. In his 2005 book, “Blink”, this author found out that thirty percent of CEO’s making the 500 Fortune companies were at least six inches or taller. Not enough, Gadwall’s research finds that leaders who sound well had better chances to make to the top. To determine the voice effectiveness in leadership, a company in Texas conducted a study to evaluate speeches delivered by various managers and realized that this effected on at least twenty-three percent of listeners. The same survey indicated that only seventeen percent of listeners were affected by the message. To affirm this findings a study by Duke, California and San Diego universities suggested that executives speaking

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