Resources
Illuminating and applying ‘the dark side’: Insights from elite team leaders. (2015)
"...presents evidence of the use of dark side behaviors by elite team leaders, illuminates these behaviors look like during a common leadership task, and reveals how they were effectively applied." Andrew...
Guest Blog: A test of leadership. (2015)
"Hubris can be described as over-confidence on steroids." Our latest in an occasional series of guest blogs comes from Professor Dennis Tourish. “A test of leadership" discusses the importance of listening to opposing views...
From the power of language to the language of power. (2015)
"...simple transformations of texts ... can expose unseen information reflecting a writer’s cognitive status, mental life, and even personality... Peter Garrard, neurologist and neuroscientist at St George's Hospital Medical School, London....
How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organisations. (2015)
"… toxic leadership … is endangering the well-being of organisational members, compromising future sustainable organisational, community and societal performance and success. Theo Veldsman, Professor and Head, Department of Industrial Psychology...
Narcissism, director selection, and risk-taking spending. (2015)
“… when narcissistic chief executives interact with the board, they often meet not a moment of reckoning but their favourite thing: a mirror. David. H. Zhu, Arizona State University; Guoli...
Hubris Syndrome: Diminished empathy and unbridled intuition. (2015)
"I have become increasingly interested in two interlocking features that seem to be associated with Hubris Syndrome, namely diminished empathy and unbridled intuition. Speech by the Rt Hon Lord...
Critics blame Erdogan ‘hubris’ for currency weakness. (2015)
"As (Erdogan's) power has increased so has his hubris and there are now very few people around him who dare to speak the truth about what is happening in the economy...
Understanding how finance has moved from “Hubris to Disgrace”. (2015)
"As banking scandals continue.. the question is whether regulations can protect citizens … (against bankers with) a deep-seated disregard for the rules? Mark Esposito, Harvard University Extension & Grenoble School...
Narcissism and Politics: Dreams of Glory. (2015)
“From Woodrow Wilson and MacArthur to Kennedy and Netanyahu, Hussein and Putin, Post illuminates the links between narcissistic personalities and public life. Dr Jerrold M. Post, Professor of Psychiatry, Political...
How CEO hubris affects corporate social (ir)responsibility. (2015)
“CEO hubris leads to a lower level of company participation in socially responsible activities and a higher level of participation in socially irresponsible ones.” Yi Tang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University;...