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"[Board members]...presented themselves as “self-pitying victims of a maelstrom of coincidental and unforeseeable mishaps”" Rob Davies, business reporter, Guardian. Guardian, 16 May 2018 Image: The Paradise Birmingham site after the collapse of Carillion. Credit: Elliot Brown / Read more

"...Leaders may come to feel imperilled by members of their group who could be perceived as a threat to the leader’s power." Jon K. Maner, professor of psychology and director of the social psychology program at Florida State University.  Charleen R. Case, graduate student in social psychology at Florida State University. American Psychological Association, Psychological Science Agenda, October 2013 Why powe...

"...It remains the case that stereotypically masculine traits predict the attainment of senior roles among men and women." Dr Christian Jarrett, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Manchester Research Digest, The British Psychological Society, 8 March 2018 Image: pixabay.com Dr Jarrett asks whether "...women who reach senior management tend to share the traits of men in ...

"...if you work with a narcissist, don’t try to lower their confidence. Just temper it with humility." Adam Grant, Organisational psychology, Wharton University. Ideas.Ted.Com, 14 March 2018 Image: Ben Stanfield, via Flickr / (CC BY-SA 2.0) Adam Grant writes how the characteristics of 'humble narcissism' are what make up some of the best leaders and organisations around the world. "Narcissists beli...

Charged with "massive fraud", Elizabeth Holmes has plummeted from the pedestal she built for herself Andrew Hill, The Financial Times. Opinion, 19 March 2018 Image: Elizabeth Holmes, 2014. Credit: Max Morse, TechCrunch/ Wikimedia Commons "...It is no surprise to find the founder of Theranos at the centre of one of the world’s oldest and best-known tales: genesis, hubris, crisis, nemesis." "There is a dark side to ...

"...Individuals pursuing a more autocratic style of leadership are likely to be more calculating, self-interested, have a higher need for power..." Harms, P. D., Wood, D., Landay, K., Lester, P. B., & Lester, G. V. (2017) The Leadership Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 1, February 2018 Image: 'The School of Athens' (detail), by Raphael, 1509. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

"...Hubris Syndrome could be a consequence of deficient decision- making under chronic stress.” A little bit of stress he says is good, probably improves decision-making, but too much will deplete the system.”

The Geoffrey Jefferson Lecture: Neuroscience and Psychology of Hubris Syndrome Speech by the Rt Hon Lord Owen to The Society of British Neurological Surgeons, Spring Meeting, Torquay. F...