Traits That Will Get You Hired by the Best Superbosses (BBC)

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“Superbosses may come from different industries, and different countries, but to a remarkable extent they are all looking for the same thing when it comes to hiring,” writes Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business and the author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, in a BBC opinion piece.

The first must-have trait a superboss is looking for, writes Finkelstein, is unusual intelligence. There are two more, he says.

Read the full opinion piece, published 5/15 by the BBC.

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