A humble CEO might be good for business -- but there's a reason it's hard to find one

Paramount Pictures Humility is the latest badge of virtue for those in positions of influence, frompoliticians, toexecutives, tochart-topping artists. Theideaof ahumbleCEO is a romantic departure from the greedyself-servingcorporate hero. Rather, when faced with adversity, humble CEOssacrifice their own interestsfor the greater good. Studies echothe intuition that humble leaders are more modest, emotionally stable, and eager to learn. Unsurprisingly, they are less likely to display self-aggrandi...