Research Finds Leadership Genes Have Links to Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

CUHK (left) Business School and National University of Singapore (right) teamed up for a data study. The research discovered there may be a unique genetic link between leadership and damage to a person’s health both mentally and psychologically. left:Yi Li/the Epoch Times—right: Joshua Rommel Hayag Vargas/Wikimedia Commons

Max Depree once said: The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

So what is the reality of being able to lead? Although being a leader might seem an incredible move in one’s career, being in leadership, according to university research, may not be as good for your mind or body.