{"id":825,"date":"2013-05-02T12:20:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T11:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/leggett\/?p=825"},"modified":"2013-05-02T12:31:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T11:31:13","slug":"is-personal-credibility-really-important-at-all-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/leggett\/2013\/05\/02\/is-personal-credibility-really-important-at-all-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Is personal credibility really important at all times?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the rewarding facets of life in academia is that we are continuously being challenged as to the source and validity of our statements. This, in many ways, helps us greatly to remain permanent students of our subject. One such challenge recently was by <\/span>an MBA student who boldly stated that all we needed in our working life was professional credibility<\/strong>. This student rightly pointed out that in the <\/span>Brendan Bracken<\/strong> case (<\/span>a copy of which can be found on the web<\/a>), the protagonist had an extremely high level of professional credibility but didn\u2019t have a corresponding level of personal credibility and yet he received acclamation for his life\u2019s work. <\/span>Personal credibility, the student argued, didn\u2019t matter to the same extent in this case as professional credibility<\/strong> \u2013 the reputation of a person who is competent and can get the job done is enough.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/a>Much of life depends on trust<\/strong>. When there is uncertainty we tend to accept those we trust. But trust is a wide concept. \u00a0We may trust a pilot to pilot a plane, for example, but we may not trust him to the same degree in other aspects of life<\/strong>. The personal element of trust must always be present<\/strong> \u2013 a drunken pilot is as lethal as an incompetent one. However, it was pointed out by another student that this trust need not necessarily be found in equal proportion between personal and professional credibility.<\/p>\n

\"Bracken\"<\/a>
Bracken, second from right. Picture from Royal Air Force official photographer Wilson J. G.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the case of Bracken<\/strong>, those in the inner circle realized his high level of professional competence, his usefulness and loyalty, while knowing quite well that many personal type questions remained unanswered. Regarding the rest of the population, a \u2018glass wall\u2019 protected him, with the aid of the media which he partly controlled as Minister of Information. This was the crisis years of World War ll. Bracken was also very careful to destroy any incriminating written evidence of a personal nature before he died. His personal papers are housed at Churchill College, Cambridge, along with those of Winston Churchill.<\/p>\n

What do you think: <\/b><\/p>\n

Is personal credibility today really important if a person has professional credibility or does it depend on the position held?<\/b><\/p>\n

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