Articles & blogs
Narcissism and perversion in public policy. (2014) Separating risk from responsibility disengages policy makers from consequences.
"Separating risk from responsibility in the financial sector was not merely about creating perverse incentives, but about disengaging policy makers from the all too predictable consequences of such policies Marianna...
Written by: Fotaki, Marianna
Read moreDivide and conquer: When and why leaders undermine the cohesive fabric of their group. (2014)
"..leaders sometimes sabotage their own teams to protect their own power. Charleen R Case, Northwestern University. Evanston, Ill, Jon K. Maner, Kellogg Schoool of Management, Northwestern University. Evanston Ill, Journal...
Written by: Case, Charleen R. & Maner, Jon K.
Read moreUkraine crisis: How do you deal with a power-hungry bully like Vladimir Putin? (2014)
Telegraph. "Power corrupts and it has corrupted Vladimir Putin absolutely. As the drama in Ukraine continues, experts examine the mind and motivations of the man responsible. The Telegraph's 'Telegram' Podcast, 9...
Written by: Robertson, Ian.
Read moreTackling psychopathy: A necessary competency in leadership development? (2014)
“most adults will have worked with or been supervised by a psychopathic individual…. leaders need to tackle psychopathic behaviour at work if they truly wish to improve quality and safety....
Written by: de Silva, Prasanna.
Read moreToo much power can do very odd things to a leader’s head. (2014)
Robertson, Ian. "Putin has held power in Russia for approaching 15 years – too long for any man or woman’s brain to endure without dangerous changes which foster recklessness and...
Written by: Robertson, Ian.
Read moreHubris drove foreign policy mistake “far worse than Suez”. (2014) Lord David Owen interview
"If the Iraq war is the nexus for a Sunni-Shiite war - which might be the history of the next 100 years - it’s far worse than Suez as a foreign policy...
Written by: Owen, David.
Read moreHow to avoid recruiting a narcissist. (2014)
"Recent research by MWM Consulting suggests that the unchecked personalities of senior leaders can become a major destructive force and harder to detect than other corporate threats. More than 80 CEOs, chairmen and board directors shared...
Written by: Switzer, Jackie.
Read moreBad apples in the barrel: personality disorders at work. (2014)
"Personality Disorders ... are in no way a matter of mental health but only of behaviour, and therefore subject to management oversight and intervention. Dr Michael Reddy, Chartered Clinical and Occupational...
Written by: Reddy, Michael.
Read moreExposing the hubris in knowing. (2014)
“…the most significant progress (comes from) intellectual humility that lets us accept that most of what we know will ... before long, become wrong.” Elizabeth Nable, President of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, professor...
Written by: Nable, Elizabeth
ViewShort Cuts. (2014). Narcissism ensnares an awful lot of people in its sticky web.
"Narcissism may be a self-referential condition, but it ensnares an awful lot of people in its sticky web. David Runciman London Review of Books, 6 November 2014 Vol. 36 No....
Written by: Runciman, David.
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