Will Your Entrepreneurial Personality Sink Your Start-Up?

Will Your Entrepreneurial Personality Sink Your Start-Up?

Research Fact : 
Some of the personality traits that draw people into starting their own companies can lead to negative workplace behaviors that cause the start-ups to fail !! 

Among the traits that are the most predictive of managers’ being attracted to entrepreneurism are 
(a) an inflated view of self-worth, 
(b) perfectionism, and 
(c) attention-seeking . 
Under pressure, these traits can result in overbearing behavior, a sense of entitlement, micromanaging, slow decision making, stubbornness, and distraction, the researchers say. 
Managerial behaviors of this sort may contribute to new enterprises’ high rate of failure ! 
Reseach source : a study of more than 2,000 managers by Adrian Furnham of University College London and two colleagues. 
SOURCE: The dark side of career preference: dark side traits, motives, and values
HBR