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Hubris and the danger of leaders with extreme self-regard. (2017)

“…it is easy to see how the potential hazards of extreme self-regard could be playing out in the US..”

Eugene Sadler-Smith, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, University of Surrey
The Conversation, 20 January 2017

If hubris is an occupational hazard for leaders, is nemesis its unavoidable outcome?

Currently, world events are dominated by the election of Donald Trump as US president and Britain’s impending exit from the European Union. Will the unintended consequences of political leaders’ hubris play out before our eyes?

Consider former UK prime minister David Cameron’s decision to hold a simple in/out referendum on EU membership…. The unintended consequences of Cameron’s overconfidence and overambition were calamitous for his own career, they are also potentially damaging not only for the UK but for the European Union and Europe itself.

On the other side of the Atlantic, it is easy to see how the potential hazards of extreme self-regard could be playing out in the US.

Access the article here: Hubris and the danger of leaders with extreme self-regard.

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