Entrepreneur JPMORGAN CEO JAMIE DIMON SAYS THIS ONE TRAIT IS A LEADER'S BIGGEST DOWNFALL

Entrepreneur JPMORGAN CEO JAMIE DIMON SAYS THIS ONE TRAIT IS A LEADER'S BIGGEST DOWNFALL The insecurity starts with promotions. Dimon uses a simple example: a star mortgage trader gets promoted to run all of a bank's trading. He knows mortgages. The rest is new. One more promotion and 36 people report to him. "It induces insecurity," Dimon said. Entrepreneur Secure leaders trust other people. Secure leaders have "the innate skills to trust people, to get the best out of people, to not get embarrassed by not knowing," Dimon said. Insecure leaders do the opposite — they surround themselves with people who boost their ego. Entrepreneur Good leaders can accept feedback. Dimon watches how his own leadership team reacts when junior staff raise problems. If a manager looks visibly uncomfortable when someone below them speaks up: "They probably shouldn't have that kind of job." Entrepreneur Dimon looks for humility in his leaders. He's left every JPMorgan board meeting for the past 20 years so directors can discuss issues freely without him in the room. "I insisted upon it," he said. A secure leader doesn't need to control the conversation. Entrepreneur