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Hubristic leadership, a review. (2016)

“…examines hubristic leadership … first in terms of over-confidence and its relationship to core self-evaluation and narcissism; then as an acquired disorder (Hubris Syndrome) Eugene Sadler-Smith, Vita Akstinaite, Graham Robinson...

Written by: Sadler-Smith, E., Akstinaite, V., Robinson, G., & Wray T.

How testosterone leads to overpricing on Wall Street. (2016)

"...the rush of winning triggers physiological changes that undermine rational thinking and decision-making.. Ideas for Leaders #608 Ideasforleaders.com Based on work by Asst Prof Amos Nadler, Ivey Business School “New...

Written by: Nadler, Amos.

Extrovert CEOs make way less money. (2016)

"...researchers found “a robust negative association” between extroverted, talkative CEOs and “return on assets and cash flow”. Drake Baer, nymag.com, science of us 8 Aug 2016 Based on work by...

Written by: Gow, Ian D.

Entitled at the top: are leaders more selfish than the rest of us? (2016)

"...generosity is often strategically demonstrated to attain status (and) may decrease once status-attainment goals are achieved..." APS Association for Psychological Science ‘Minds for Business’ website article. Based on the peer-reviewed paper ‘To...

Written by: Hays, Nicholas A.; Blader, Steven L.

Three questions humble leaders ask. (2016)

"To prevent excessive narcissism, leaders need to look for critical voices, adversity and outside contact. Annet Aris, Adjunct Professor, INSEAD. Insead Knowledge, 23 Aug 2016. A degree of narcissism is...

Written by: Aris, Annet.

How harnessing your insecurities can boost your career.

"...insecurity is an antidote to hubris....questioning your wisdom now and then is a wise thing to do." Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Hogan CEO, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London &...

Written by: Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas.

Don’t let power corrupt you. (2016)

"Practical mindfulness exercises for resisting ‘the power paradox’ aka Hubris Syndrome." Prof. Dacher Keltner, University of California, Berkeley, faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center. Harvard Business Review October...

Written by: Keltner, Dacher,

Why Risk cultures need prudence. A Centre for Risk Research discussion document.

“… this document will contend that prudence has great potential to serve as the most fundamental concept within any organisation’s risk culture. Dr Alasdair Marshall, also Prof Johnnie Johnson, Prof...

Written by: Marshall, Alasdair.

Against the Führerprinzip: for collective leadership. (2016)

“Highlights the ineffectiveness and dangerousness of powerful individual leaders.” Prof. Archie Brown, University of Oxford. A chapter from the special edition of Daedalus (the Journal of the American Academy of...

Written by: Brown, Archie.

Is psychoanalyzing our politicians fair game? (2016)

"We need a systematic and independent medical and psychiatric examination of all political candidates for president. I will give the most extreme example, Hitler." Prof. Nassir Ghaemi, Tufts Medical Center,...

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