I figured out years ago that I am an "alpha male", I tend to end up in charge of projects and teams that I am involved in. I am asked advice even when more qualified people are involved.
If you do have this personality type, it is important to be aware of it. It is easy to take positions offered when others are better qualified, so learn to delegate and redirect.
It isn't a bad thing, or an undemocratic thing, it is just how humans seem to be built. We can get more things done more easily when someone can take charge.
Of course it also allows us to fall under the sway of people who use it for their own ends.
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Date: 2009-08-28 02:15 pm (UTC)I figured out years ago that I am an "alpha male", I tend to end up in charge of projects and teams that I am involved in. I am asked advice even when more qualified people are involved.
If you do have this personality type, it is important to be aware of it. It is easy to take positions offered when others are better qualified, so learn to delegate and redirect.
It isn't a bad thing, or an undemocratic thing, it is just how humans seem to be built. We can get more things done more easily when someone can take charge.
Of course it also allows us to fall under the sway of people who use it for their own ends.