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“Leaders who prefer harem-like management systems are often prone to narcissistic dysfunctionality… they require blind, unquestioned obedience and a great deal of admiration.” Prof. Manfred Kets de Vries INSEAD Knowledge...

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...

"Boards often think the person in the corner office doesn’t need more development, but this couldn’t be further than the truth. Philip Anderson, INSEAD Professor of Entrepreneurship INSEAD Blog, 2...

"One bulwark against hubris bias or conformity bias comes from placing decision-making in the hands of a committee, diverse in its composition, independent in its mindset. Andrew G. Haldane, Chief...

Leicester City is a football team that dines ravenously on we-ness and (manager) Ranieri is now head chef. Alexander Haslam, University of Queensland; and Stephen D. Reicher, University of St...

"Excessive internal focus reduced the attention Nokia devoted to processing external threats, generating a mortal combination of high internal fear and low external fear. Herminia Ibarra ft.com, 11 April 2016...

"Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one’s own competence, accomplishments or capabilities Maarten Mittnjer, BusinessDay Live, Business / Financial Services, 12 May 2016...

….nobody dared bring the king any bad news, They made sure he only heard the things he wanted to hear. Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries. In ‘Telling fairy tales...

"...stubbornness, economic mismanagement and a tendency toward self-isolation... led her to rebuff advice that might have averted recession and saved her politically. Reuters > World, Tuesday 10 May 2016 Brad...

"Hubris should be classed alongside credit and liquidity risks. Jill Treanor The Guardian>Regulators, Monday 9 May 2016. Andrew Bailey (pictured), incoming chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),...