Resources
The psychological structure of pride: a tale of two facets. (2007)
"How can the one emotion (pride) serve such varied and, in many ways, antagonistic roles? Jessica L. Tracy, University of British Columbia; Richard W. Robins, University of California, Davis. Journal...
How testosterone can make men kind and generous: Experts reveal the 5 weird ways it changes behaviour. (2016)
“..For every question scientists answer on testosterone, more are raised in its place Harry Pettit MailOnline 30 December 2016. “Testosterone has long been associated with aggression and competition in men....
Guest Blog: The “all-seeing, all-knowing” leader myth.
“…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...
Testosterone causes both prosocial and antisocial status-enhancing behaviors in human males. (2016)
“These findings (don't support) a simple testosterone-aggression relationship and (suggest) a more complex role in driving status-enhancing behaviors in males." Jean-Claude Dreher (a,b,c,1,2); Simon Dunne (a,d,1,2); Agnieszka Pazderska (e); Thomas Frodl (a,f,g);...
Why bad guys win at work. (2015)
“…the dark side represents the toxic assets of our personality. You can turn them into career weapons, but the group will generally lose the more you win.” Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, University...
The role of hormones in financial markets. (2016)
“It's been argued that financial traders are 'too male' and a more even gender balance would reduce volatility and help stabilize markets.... (Having more) female traders does not necessarily make markets less...
Absolute power leads to absolute corruption? (It depends) on the concepts of power one holds. (2016)
"...absolute power corrupts absolutely? ...our findings indicated that there is no absolute connection between power and corrupt practice." Fang Wang & Xunwei Sun, Beijing Normal University, China European Journal of...
Crazy. Stupid. Mean: The reason leaders behave badly matters. (2016)
“..we’ve found that ‘dark side’ of personality assessments can matter more than twice as much as the positive characteristics most commonly used in selection instruments. Peter Harms, assistant professor of...
Working with vulnerability in coaching. (2016)
“For ancient Greeks the antidote to hubris was ‘sophrosyne’, which literally means healthy-mindedness…..” Erik de Haan, Director Centre for Coaching, Ashridge Executive Education Ashridge Insights Blog, 18 February 2016. “At...
Reflections on the dark side. (2016)
“Dark side behaviors help managers emerge… (but) erode and/or destroy subordinates' trust. Robert Hogan; president, Hogan Assessment Systems Part of Talent Quarterly’s ‘The Dark Side Issue’, Issue 8 2016 Robert...