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“The crushing lesson for companies hit by scandal is that while “non-core violations” of trust do not cause long-term harm, “core violations” can devastate. Adam Galinsky, Professor of Business, Columbia University and Maurice Schweitzer Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, Wharton School. Publisher: Crown Business “Much of modern life seems geared towards forcing us to compete rather...

“…a reflection on military hubris and the part it played in 20th-century conflicts. Sir Alistair Horne, journalist, biographer and historian Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson “…Sir Alistair’s subject is the embedded tendency of generals and nationalistic political leaders who experience military triumph to overreach, and for the next generation to inherit their arrogance and complacency with disastro...

“These findings ...  speak to the fundamental question of whether it is ‘lonely at the top’ or lonelier at the bottom... (and) suggest power and loneliness are negatively related." Adam Waytz, Northwestern University; Eileen Y. Chou, University of Virginia; Joe C. Magee, New York University; & Adam D. Galinsky, Columbia University. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 130, 69-78. Is...

“…leadership experts predictably surfaced dozens of differences between Francis and Trump. But they also brought up a surprising number of similarities Leigh Buchanan, Editor-at-large Inc Magazine 25 Sept 2015 Image: Getty Images "F. Scott Fitzgerald defined high intelligence as the ability to hold two opposed ideas in one's mind and still function. By that measure, an American population in love with both Pope Francis and...

“Organisational silos are bad enough. Even more damaging are silos of the mind - the unexamined assumptions, conventional categorisations and ingrained thought patterns underpinning everyday decision-making. Gillian Tett, senior Financial Times editor Publisher; Simon and Schuster “…no principle is more fundamental to the market economy than the division of labour. “…And yet, as anyone who has ever worked in...

"...it is time for organizations to understand that their best potential managers are not the people who stand out, self-promote, take credit for others’ achievements, or have mastered the politics of upward career management Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Hogan Assessment Systems CEO; Professor of Business Psychology, University College London; faculty member Columbia University Harvard Business Review 28 Sept 2015 “First...

“You have to avoid hubris, triumphalism… you’ve only got two or three years and after that you do lose the plot… (after our victory) in 1987 we thought it was a triumph and hubris did take over.” Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor in UK Conservative Party Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government. Alastair Campbell, Director of Communications and Strategy for former UK Labour Prime Minister...