![]() His work investigated the line between healthy self-expression and boastfulness, ambition, and ruthlessness. For instance, Aristotle noted that deficient confidence leads to cowardice, but excess confidence can lead to poor decision-making. He proposed that virtues exist on a continuum from deficiency to excess. Aristotle was among the first to explore this idea in the context of character traits. The History of Balance in Leader CharacterĮven before it was dubbed The Goldilocks Effect, most leaders had an implicit understanding that you can have too much of a good thing, and certainly too little. In this blog, we will take a look at what the “right” amount of a given leadership character trait may be, as well as how you can identify it and call on it when needed. For example, having balance between different dimensions of leader character - or “just the right amount” of each - is far more effective than being incredibly strong in one, but lacking in another. The Goldilocks Effect can be applied to leader character too. This has been dubbed the “Goldilocks Effect” or “Goldilocks Principle.” Like Goldilocks, we are often seeking something that is “just right,” not too much and not too little. Goldilocks is a favorite children’s tale, but it has important parallels to real decision-making. Eventually, she finds a chair and bowl of porridge she believes to be “just right,” until, that is, a family of angry bears comes home, and Goldilocks runs away. She tests each, finding some porridge to be too hot or too cold, and some chairs too short or too tall. Inside she finds porridge, chairs, and beds. For those of you who aren’t, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” is about a little girl who gets lost in the woods and stumbles upon a house. Most of us are familiar with the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. ![]()
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