Resources
Narcissism and the myth of invincibility. (2016)
"Even if you’re far past adolescence, you may carry at least part of that 'personal fable' notion into your everyday life Prof. Susan Krauss Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts Psychology Today,...
Women bosses turn into men says Germaine Greer. (2016)
“If you want to make the world a safer, kinder, happier place then simply substituting men with women wouldn’t cut it.” Greg Hurst The Times, 25 June 2016 Image: YLWA...
Networking for team and/or self. (2016)
"Teams and their leaders may have conflicting networking goals. That needn’t be a problem, but often is." Frédéric C. Godart, Insead Knowledge, 6 March 2017 Based on a paper prepared...
Selfie-generation grades boosted ‘if lecturers are narcissists’. (2016)
“less narcissistic students struggled in classes with more narcissistic faculty.. However, more narcissistic students “thrived” with similarly self-obsessed instructors”. David Matthews, Times Higher Education 5 April 2016 Image: iStock For...
Riding the leadership rollercoaster: An observer’s guide. (2016)
"(tools to) prevent leaders becoming prisoners of their own past, making the same mistakes over and over again." Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries, INSEAD Springer NB - includes the chapter ‘Riding...
Corporate social responsibility or CEO narcissism? CSR motivations and organizational performance. (2015)
"CSR initiatives may result from leaders’ personal needs for attention and image reinforcement and be less strategic for their organizations in terms of financial performance and focus. Oleg V. Petrenko,...
Five stars and falling stars. (2016)
“Hubris has a nasty habit of breeding disaster, particularly when combined with oodles of cheap debt.” Gillian Tett, Ft.com > FT Magazine, 8 April 2016 “...in 1990 the Japanese bubble...
All but Tata could see the hubris of buying Corus. (2016)
"It was … up there with Lloyds’ merger with HBOS or Royal Bank of Scotland’s acquisition of ABN Amro in the roll call of disastrously ill-judged takeovers. Jeremy Warner The...
Tesla blames ‘hubris’ for Model X part delays. (2016)
“Given loss-making Tesla’s history of missed deadlines, this target needed to be met to earn the faith of consumers and investors alike BBC News: technology (online) 5 April 2016 “Tesla Motors...
Lonely at the top (podcast). (2016)
"Can a coach or mentor change the behaviour of a destructive organisational sociopath? This practitioner says no. Comments taken from an edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Bottom...