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26th Sep 2015

This 3-Second Test Tells You Whether You’re A Leader Or a Follower

And it only takes 3 seconds.

Megan Cassidy

Personality tests are usually long and complicated involving head-scratching multiple choice questions. 

But not this one.

Two US academics reckon you can determine whether you are a leader or a follower in 3 seconds with this simple test.

Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer are the authors of Friend and Foe – an examination of leadership.

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As part of their research, the pair devised this simple test as a means to determine how power affects people’s behaviour.

Here’s the test.

Draw the letter E with your finger on your forehead.

Finished?

If you drew the E backwards so that only you can read it, you are a “self-focused” leader.

If you drew it so that others can read it, you are more likely to follow.

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There’s your new party piece sorted.

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