Strengths, strengths overused, and lopsided leadership

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-109

  Kaiser, Robert B ^a   Overfield, Darren V ^a  

^a Kaplan DeVries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Strengths; Strengths become weaknesses; Strengths overused

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960625017     PISSN: 10659293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024470     Document Type: Article

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