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Four threads to provide basis of first anti-hubris toolkit
The first anti-hubris toolkit, now being developed by participants in a Surrey Business School initiative, may be built around four key ‘products’ or threads:
- Hubris MoTs/health checks
- Organisational stories as a source of rich data
- Support systems/networks
- Re-configuring the ‘Hubris black hole’.
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How to find your power – and avoid abusing it. (2016)
"..science finds that power is not grabbed but is given to individuals by groups.... your ability to make a difference in the world - your power - is shaped by what other people think of you." Prof. Dacher Keltner, University of California, Berkeley. The Greater Good Science Center, UC, Berkeley, 17 May 2016. Adapted from his new book, The power paradox: how we gain and lose influence (P...
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Ashridge ‘hubris in coaching’ conference report coming soon
Interest was high in this conference, held at Ashridge Business School, Berkhamsted on June 13, and it ended with a waiting list of 50.
After a few weeks gathering feedback, a full (but informal) report is now available: Hubris Conference MN
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June 13 conference a ‘sell-out’.
HR practitioners are increasingly aware of the risks of hubris in leaders, judging by the high levels of interest in Monday’s conference at the Ashridge Centre for Coaching. “Working with hubris in the coaching relationship” has been fully booked for some time now, with a waiting list. If you missed out, or you’re not in the UK, keep checking this site for news of the proceedings. A full, but informal, report on proceedings i...
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Leadership “Harem” style. (2016)
“Leaders who prefer harem-like management systems are often prone to narcissistic dysfunctionality… they require blind, unquestioned obedience and a great deal of admiration.” Prof. Manfred Kets de Vries INSEAD Knowledge Leadership & Organisations - Blog 12 May 2016. “As a history buff, the situation (on the executive team Edward had just joined at Serail Corp) reminded him of a harem, where Ottoman sultans w...
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Quo Vadis Hubris? A personal view of the Guildford Hubris Workshop, 18 May 2016.
Another in an occasional series of contributions from friends of the Daedalus Trust. Marc Atherton MSc, CPsychol, CSci, AFBPsS, FRSA, MRAeS, EuroPsy The ‘Anti-Hubris Toolkit’ Workshop hosted by Eugene Sadler-Smith at the University of Surrey Business School on 18 May gave itself the task of outlining a way forward in creating a practical solution to detecting and mitigating Hubris in organisations. This note is a personal vi...
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How to stop CEO failure. (2016)
"Boards often think the person in the corner office doesn’t need more development, but this couldn’t be further than the truth. Philip Anderson, INSEAD Professor of Entrepreneurship INSEAD Blog, 2 May 2016 Companies spend a fortune developing high potential executives. …. but CEOs don’t get much of a look in. Investing in CEO development is typically considered a low priority for boards who think that by the t...
Written by: Anderson, Philip.
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Conference June 13: Working with hubris in the coaching relationship.
Anyone involved in executive coaching or leadership generally should book now for what promises to be a fascinating day conference on 13 June 2016.A full, but informal, report on proceedings is available here: AshridgeReport The Daedalus Trust has held extremely successful conferences in past years working with Psych...
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The Sneetches. (2016)
"One bulwark against hubris bias or conformity bias comes from placing decision-making in the hands of a committee, diverse in its composition, independent in its mindset. Andrew G. Haldane, Chief Economist, Bank of England Speech given at Scottish Business Friends dinner in aid of BBC Children in Need, Edinburgh 12 May 2016. Andrew discusses the importance of promoting diversity, expanding themes from the class...
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Leicester’s lesson in leadership. (2016)
Leicester City is a football team that dines ravenously on we-ness and (manager) Ranieri is now head chef. Alexander Haslam, University of Queensland; and Stephen D. Reicher, University of St Andrews The Psychologist, June 2016. Vol.29 (pp446-449) "...from an early age we are encouraged to see ourselves as leaders … as individuals with some special quality that eludes ordinary mortals. "And so, when we aspire to beco...
Written by: Haslam, S. Alexander & Reicher, Stephen D.
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