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"..modern politics is less violent than that of ancient Rome but the basic principles of power and ambition are universal and unvarying… Robert Harris, best-selling thriller writer Daily Mail / Right Minds: 20 October 2015 “It is one of the great mysteries of history: why did Caesar, sensing mortal danger as he obviously did, nevertheless change his mind and decide at the last minute to attend the senate (on 15 March 44BC)?......

“..ideas on how strategic intelligence can help (Boards) prevail over destructive narcissism. Joseph H.A.M. Rodenberg, managing partner of Rodenberg Tillman & Associates, Netherlands Antoinette Rijsenbilt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, non-executive director of the Dutch Fiscal Economic Institute Publisher: Eburon Uitgeveri “…narcissism can have productive and destructive influences on organizational outcomes. ...

"When in power, we need to be more conscious of how direct communication, silence and ambiguity can affect others. Adam Galinsky, Professor of Business, Columbia Business School ‘Preoccupations’, New York Times 15 Aug 2015 Illustration: Mark Shaver “….I had started to study the psychological effects of power. …. how the words of those with power loom large over those with less power. This is a phenomenon I call...

“…companies that wish to avoid the noxious fumes of scandal need their boards to be switched on at all times” Andrew Hill Ft.com/management 28 September 2015 Photo: Reuters “VW is following the blueprint that many big companies draw up to start extricating themselves from sticky situations. Set outside law firms on the investigative trail, appoint a panel, ideally headed by an eminent public figure, such as a jud...

“Pfeffer sets the record straight on the oft-made prescriptions for leaders to be honest, authentic, and modest, tell the truth, build trust, and take care of others,” Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Harper Collins “In his latest book, Pfeffer writes that colleagues have chided him for studying scorpions, spiders and cockroaches: unpleasant leaders, rather than the inspira...

“Two factors have driven dismal investors' outcomes: first, the hubris of many mergers at the peak of the boom; second, the excessive nature of investment to increase output as financial discipline went out of the window. Ian McVeigh, Jupiter Asset Management head of governance The Telegraph, 27 Aug 2015 “What a sorry state of affairs for long-term investors in the mining sector, the ones who put t...

Reflecting on the Hubris in Business and Management symposium hosted by Eugene Sadler-Smith and the Surrey Business School at the University of Surrey on 20 May 2015, the author Marc Atherton asks "what form of measure could be appropriate for assessing Hubris Syndrome?" Daedalus: Hubris Syndrome – Metrics and Meaning. Marc Atherton MSc, CPsychol, CSci, AFBPsS, FRSA, MRAeS, EuroPsy "Strive not to be a success...