Hubris Syndrome and how to avoid it. (2015) A checklist of tips

You never quite know how anyone is going to behave until they get into power.

Tom Collins. Blogpost
18 October 2015

“I was once involved in the recruitment process for the leader of a large organisation. One candidate was rejected on the basis that he was already displaying signs of the ‘madness’ of high office. The successful candidate was affable, rooted and a listener.

“When I heard that, less than a year after assuming office, a lock had been added to the executive suite, I knew the decline had set in. For the leader, the lock provided the comfort of security. But for the organisation it sent out a completely different message. Even the leader’s closest lieutenants could not get in without assistance….

“You never quite know how anyone is going to behave until they get into power. Every leader is presented with a unique set of circumstances, and reacts differently. Each is human, and will respond to events in the way humans do – not always properly. But it is not the mistakes that are important, it is how they are dealt with.

“Here is my checklist to avoid being affected by the Hubris Syndrome (or at least being able to mitigate its effects).

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