Dr. Leslie K. John
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621 appearances
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first heard May 2026
last heard 4 May
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I say, imagine you're about to introduce yourself to a group of new hires.
What would you say about yourself?
And then I say, raise your hand if you had any negative traits in that.
crickets.
And then I said, we did a study with actual managers where we, we randomized them to either do what you did and not share weaknesses, or some of them planted, put a few weaknesses in.
And then we asked the employees who they want to work for.
They want to work for the person that has the weaknesses.
They don't think the employer is incompetent.
They just trust them more and they want to work for them.
Completely.
For me, the study that changed everything was a simple thought experiment I ran where we could actually ask listeners to think through this little thought experiment.
Imagine you are deciding between two possible dates, two possible suitors, and you talk to one of them and you ask them, have you ever had any sexually transmitted diseases, STDs?
Now, I know that that's kind of forward.
Okay.
Harvard Business School professor says no.
Yes, that's super forward.
Obviously, we're not going to open with that one.
I'm boiling it down to you because you're busy people.
So, okay, so you ask the person this and they say, actually, yeah, I've had a lot of STDs.
Okay, so then you ask the other person, same question.
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