Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
A new research led by Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, of the Moods Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston lays out the argument that leaders with some mental illnesses, particularly in mania or depression, are often better in the time of crisis. His research shows that great leaders such as Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. not only had some form of mental illness but these symptoms where relevant to their leadership.
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