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"...if you work with a narcissist, don’t try to lower their confidence. Just temper it with humility." Adam Grant, Organisational psychology, Wharton University. Ideas.Ted.Com, 14 March 2018 Image: Ben Stanfield,...

Plans for a practical Anti-Hubris Toolkit have reached an important milestone with the release of proposals for managing and mitigating hubris in business organisations. Co-produced by academics at Surrey Business School’s...

A personal view of recent political events as seen through the lens of hubris and ‘the intoxicating effects of power’. (Another in an occasional series of contributions from friends of...

Another in an occasional series of contributions from friends of the Daedalus Trust. Marc Atherton MSc, CPsychol, CSci, AFBPsS, FRSA, MRAeS, EuroPsy The ‘Anti-Hubris Toolkit’ Workshop hosted by Eugene Sadler-Smith...

"Those particularly at risk of developing hubris … may be in jeopardy not so much because of flaws in their .. personality but because of their location at the top...

“…when senior people repeatedly act as if they have all the answers, they run the real and serious risk of ending up believing that they actually do.” Another in an...

"..my Gen Y friend’s view was that the organisation was lucky to have him ...it was less about what he could contribute and more about the opportunities that his employer...

Reflecting on the Hubris in Business and Management symposium hosted by Eugene Sadler-Smith and the Surrey Business School at the University of Surrey on 20 May 2015, the author Marc Atherton...

"Without humility, the mighty fall hard, and the collateral damage is something to behold." Matt Nixon, management consultant and Associate of Ashridge Business School. Another in an occasional series of...

"What ultimately determines an organisation’s fate is whether key people remain open to seeing beyond the familiar, so what they might become in the future is not stifled by what...