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Faculty of Engineering, Politehnica University Timisoara , Hunedoara , Romania
Faculty of Engineering, Politehnica University Timisoara , Hunedoara , Romania
Humble leaders are not, as one might think at first sight, servile, humble, with low selfconfidence and modesty which implies the denial of their own worth. On the contrary, they know exactly what their value is, but do not trump it. They know where their place in the organization is and what their purpose is in their lives and that of others. Moreover, their responsibility is to encourage the autonomy and uniqueness of others, creating their own sense of conscience and responsibility. Starting from this sketch, we will find the answer to the question: "does the humble leader in Romania look different from the universal one?" Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, is one of those who are experimenting with this concept in the "year of travel", which started in 2017. He combines engagement with humility learning. It seems that precisely this slightly anachronistic concept, drawn from theology books, makes a leader successful and maintains its value in highly volatile business environments, in the full disruptive era of digitalization, in which you are now at the top, tomorrow you can reach the bottom, falling exactly from the height you climbed. Because the power is intoxicating on itself. And the wisdom of such a leader lies precisely in the ability to stay at the high levels of success, without deceiving himself and then pushing him into the abyss. Because as it is known, the higher the height the climb, the worse the fall, if you do not know how to maintain balance. According to this study, the humble leader is highlighted by attributes such as: wisdom, ability to adapt, vision and a high level of relationship with internal and external stakeholders.
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