Resources
Incoming UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief warns of ‘hubris risk’ in firms’ culture. (2016)
"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),...
CEO power and CEO hubris: a prelude to financial misreporting? (2016)
“…firms accused of financial misreporting exhibit features of strong CEO power and hubris…Governance mechanisms, especially independent boards of directors, do not seem to be effective in detecting or preventing financial...
Taming power: ‘generative historical consciousness’. (2016)
Is the capacity for corruption inherent in the nature of power? A mechanism for taming power could be ‘Generative historical consciousness’. David. G. Winter, University of Michigan American Psychologist, Vol...
Narcissism – A necessary but precarious requirement for leading at the top. (2016)
“The behaviors we love to hate may be essential for a leader’s success.” Jay Conger, Professor of Leadership Studies, Claremont McKenna College, LA Part of Talent Quarterly’s ‘The Dark Side...
Boom Bust Boom, a Pythonesque look at financial crashes. (2016)
“While Nobel Prize winners, academics and economists … mention numerous reasons for these meltdowns, hubris is often cited as the chief culprit Ken Jaworowski New York Times > Movies, 10...
Boasting vs. humility: which one wins? (2016)
"...even the toxic part of a narcissist's personality can be judged positively if it's interspersed with a dash of humility." James Adonis, The Sydney Morning Herald>My Business 19March 2016 “…we...
How does leader humility influence team performance? Exploring the mechanisms of contagion and collective promotion focus. (2016)
"Leader behavior can spread via social contagion to followers... leaders need to lead by example." Bradley P Owens, Brigham Young University; & David R. Hekman, University of Colorado Academy of...
Guest Blog: Hubris by Design. (2016)
"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...
Responsible leadership: Realism and romanticism. (2016)
Editors; Steve Kempster (Professor, Leadership Learning & Development, Lancaster University Management School, UK) Brigid Carroll (Associate Professor, Department of Management & International Business, University of Auckland, New Zealand.) Pub: Routledge...
Overconfident CEOs are less socially responsible. (2016)
"Overconfident CEOs invest less in activities that impact positively on society… Female CEOs are significantly less overconfident than male CEOs." Barry Oliver The Conversation, 12 December 2016 Drawn from the...