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"Donald Trump's ego may be the size of his financial empire, but that doesn't mean he's the picture of mental health.   Eliot Tang-Smith and Stephen Chen, Department of Psychology,...

"Richard Branson is a handy starting point from which to try to explore the media’s involvement in this game because it is substantial. There’s no question that a lot of...

“How do the media magnify charisma when it’s a good thing, and deflate hubris when it needs to be?” “I think they do it very badly…” Jon Snow (long-serving Channel...

"I should start with one of the most charismatic politicians of the 20th Century, Franklin D Roosevelt. He was not a consensual figure; he knew how to hate… he was...

"We need leaders, and we need leaders with the appetite for it. Leaders need to get satisfaction from wielding power because if they don’t, they will not experience the pharmacological benefits  ...

"Derailers in organisations are inevitable and their impact increases as they move up the career ladder. At the same time, counter-balances decrease; there is no-one contradicting or advising people as...

“Approach and avoidance are fundamental human urges – approaching things we need, like food or sex, and avoiding things that will destroy us. ….The ‘approach’ system of the brain is...

"There are problems with the way leadership is approached and theorised about…. There is an almost over-fixation with leadership and the idea that it is the single most important thing...

"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...

"I'm very interested in this question of management derailment and why leaders cock-up and fail." Adrian Furnham, Professor of Psychology, Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, Division of Psychology & Language...