Leadership Dyads: Beauty, Disaster, and the Big Five

‘Leadership dyads’ — or leader/deputy partnerships — can be optimised for high performance by looking at the similarities and differences between the two individual personalities, and marrying them to form a complimentary dyad. This can lead to great results for an organization as a whole. Key to applying this Idea is self-awareness — a rare and precious talent indeed. Fortunately, there is a fivefactor personality model — ‘the Big Five’ — that we can use to help us achieve it.