Most Senior Executives Are Better Than Most Other Senior Executives

A new Ipsos Reid poll does nothing to shake the common impression that modesty is not the chief virtue of corporate leaders. Conducted in the U.S. and Canada among senior executives of companies with at last 1,000 employees worldwide, it found 74 percent rating their overall performance on the job “as better than that of other executives in their industry.” Even more (89 percent) said they’re better than others in their “ability to collaborate with others on their team”; 79 percent said they’re better at demonstrating “awareness of the issues and challenges facing their employees.”