3 Approaches to Combat Your Own ‘Smartest Person in the Room’ Syndrome Ask more than tell. Questions are powerful leadership tools, much more effective than orders in most circumstances.

This quote, and many variations of it, have been attributed to various leaders pointing at the importance of surrounding yourself with people who are more intelligent than you — or, in some ...

The Smartest People Love to Fail, and Here’s Why With a positive attitude and perseverance in their back pocket, the smartest and most successful learn and discover from their failures.

Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel LLC, advises surrounding oneself with smarter minds for career growth. He also warns against being the smartest person in the room.

“No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.” In the 1990s, Sun co-founder Bill Joy thus challenged leaders to face the Knowledge Revolution. His quip later ...

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