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Dan Rockwell’s blog is pretty helpful.

15 Ways to spot humility or arrogance:

1. Arrogant people tell others what they want to hear because it advances their own agenda.
2. Humble people serve higher purposes – not themselves. They do and say what’s best for others.
3. Humble leaders put organizational success before their own. Don’t trust leaders who put their own success above organizational success.
4. Humble leaders aren’t climbing the ladder; they are going down the stairs. They aren’t at the top of the heap; they are at the bottom.
5. Arrogant leaders emphasize your responsibility to them.
6. Humble leaders focus on responsibility to others.
7. Arrogant managers don’t have time for people.
8. Humble managers value people.
9. Arrogant bosses focus more on getting than on giving.
10. Arrogant people expect others to serve them.
11. Humility serves others.
12. Arrogant people brag about themselves.
13. Humble people brag about others.
14. Arrogance blames.
15. Humility takes responsibility.