The Confidence Trap: How Companies Misjudge Talent—and Lose Their Best Leaders

observer.com/2025/11/confidence-trap-promotion-bias

The corporate world has a measurement problem. It’s not showing up in quarterly earnings, at least not yet. But it’s quietly distorting one of the most consequential decisions companies make: who gets promoted.
The pattern is stark. For every 100 men promoted to first-time manager, only…

This story appeared on observer.com, 2025-11-28 15:00:35.
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