Resources
Is pride a vice or a virtue? A psychologist explains. (2017)
"Pride ... seems to be quite functional and exist to encourage people to engage in socially valued behaviours more likely to bind people together than to separate and divide." Neil...
Narcissistic force meets systemic resistance: The energy clash model. (2017)
“…conceptualizes the impact of a narcissistic leader in three phases, and discusses six ways for harnessing the positive sides of narcissistic energy..” Constantine Sedikides, University of Southampton, UK; W. Keith...
The acquisitive nature of extraverted CEOs. (2017)
“…extraverted CEOs are more likely to engage in acquisitions, and to conduct larger ones, than other CEOs..” Shavin Malhotra, University of Waterloo, Ontario; Taco H. Reus, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; PengCheng Zhu, University of...
Winner and loser effects in human competitions. Evidence from equally matched tennis players. (2017)
"...among men, the winner of a closely fought tie-break had an approximate 60% chance of winning the second set, the loser a 40% chance." Lionel Page, Queensland University of Technology...
Being the boss in Brussels, Boston and Beijing. (2017)
“The management approach that works in Lagos won’t be as effective in Stockholm.” Prof. Erin Meyer, INSEAD HBR July-Aug 2017 Image: Mark Boardman “Cultural differences in leadership styles often create...
Testosterone makes men less likely to question their impulses. (2017)
... testosterone either inhibits the process of mentally checking your work or increases the intuitive feeling that 'I'm definitely right.' Emily Velasco (staff writer) Previewing work by researchers including Prof. Colin...
Because it’s there: Risk, reality and the ‘Hubris Black Hole’. (2017)
It is easy to blame failed leaders of having suffered from hubris; but …their ‘crime’ is not bringing about the failure … but of not winning the goals we appointed...
The Guardian view on arrogance: the Greeks had a word for it
“The lead piping came for the Tories, first on election night and, since then, in their slow, shocked and wholly inadequate reaction to the catastrophe at Grenfell Tower." The Guardian (UK)...
Power causes brain damage. (2017)
"When a congressional hearing flayed Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf for failing to stop employees setting up phony accounts for customers... he seemed utterly unable to read a room." Jerry Useem, staff writer...
Power, Gender, Hubris conference video 5/5, Professor Trevor Robbins. Neurobiology of decision making, gender and the exercise of power. (2017)
Professor Trevor Robbins discusses the hubris syndrome and its critical involvement in deficient decision-making. Professor Robbins also makes observations on how damage to the frontal lobe, gender and chronic stress have effects on...