The Narcissistic Leader's Vanity Metrics
Briefly

Vanity metrics may look impressive but offer little insight into true performance or value. In business, superficial indicators can often mask the true health of a company.
The pressure to maintain a facade of success is huge, often leading businesses to prioritize feel-good numbers over those that might reveal inconvenient truths about their actual performance.
In a world celebrating CEOs as celebrities, the temptation to curate a narrative of unassailable success becomes irresistible, which can lead to 'confidence without competence'.
Investors often make decisions without hard evidence for early-stage companies, facing a dilemma when evaluating startups that lack customer satisfaction data at the product's conceptual stage.
Read at Psychology Today
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