While a brand-new business leader may underestimate the potential of a widespread misconception about leadership to impact their career, the truth is, how the workforce perceives leaders in general can be a serious factor in their success, or lack thereof. To navigate the challenges of being a new leader, it is essential to understand these subtle but impactful misunderstandings and the best ways to address them.
Below, 15 Forbes Coaches Council members share ways that people—including new leaders themselves—commonly misperceive basic aspects of leadership in 2023, along with the profound consequences these misguided outlooks can have on the success of emerging leaders.