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Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Diagnostic and clinical challenges. 2015
“NPD sufferers may be grandiose or self-loathing; extroverted or socially isolated; captains of industry or unable to maintain steady employment; model citizens or prone to antisocial activities. Eve Caligor, M.D., Kenneth N. Levy, Ph.D., Frank E. Yeomans, M.D., Ph.D. From the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; the Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University,...
Written by: Caligor, Eva at al.
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The ‘age of irresponsibility is over’ says Bank of England head as he promises crackdown on rogue traders. (2015)
"Left unattended, (markets) are prone to instability, excess and abuse. James Titcomb, The Telegraph, 10 June 2015 Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has declared that the “age of irresponsibility” in the City of London is over as the Bank promised a crackdown on rogue traders. "Left unattended, (markets) are prone to instability, excess and abuse. “Markets are … powerful means for prosperity and security ...
Written by: Telegraph, The.
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Learning from boardroom perspectives on leader character. 2015
"Directors agreed that the character of the CEO has a tremendous impact. And yet, they don’t spend enough time and effort assessing it. Ivey Business Journal, January/February 2015 Gerard Seijts, Professor of Organizational Behaviour; Jeffrey Gandz, Professor of Strategic Leadership; Alyson Byrne, Post-Doctoral Fellow; Mary Crossan, Professor of Strategic Management; all of Ivey Busi...
Written by: Seijts G., Gandz J. et al
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The hubris of the economists laid bare: a cautionary tale about quirky overconfidence. 2015
"Freakonomics …. reflected a wider overconfidence in economics. Like the discipline it emerged from, Freakonomics would have benefited from being humbler and rather more open to suggestions. The Guardian Editorial, 29 May 2015 "Much bigger than a bestseller …. (Freakonomics) signalled nothing less than a cultural change. "...What accounts for the rise of pop economics like Freakonomics? One answer is that Freakonomics is …...
Written by: Guardian Editorial.
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Sepp Blatter finally lets go of Fifa as FBI noose tightens. (2015)
“Blatter has long been addicted to the power and prestige afforded him by his job… At times he appeared divorced from the reality of his organisation” Owen Gibson, chief sports correspondent the guardian, 2 June 2015 Photograph: Steffen Schmidt/AP After 17 years as virtual head of state, addicted to the power from ruling football’s top body, Sepp Blatter accepted the inevitable and resigned. Blatter h...
Written by: Gibson, Owen: the Guardian
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Self-delusion will sink Sepp Blatter just as it sank Dick Fuld. (2015)
“(The) self-delusion that plagues Dick Fuld and Sepp Blatter is the signature trait of overreaching leaders and a clear signal of potential disaster ahead Andrew Hill, ft.com/management, 1 June 2015 (Image: Reuters) “So here is Dick Fuld, former head of Lehman Brothers, in his first voluntary public appearance since its collapse, explaining last week why the bank went down in 2008: “It isn’t just one single th...
Written by: Hill, Andrew.
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Guest Blog: There are no positive aspects to ‘Hubris’. 2015
"... while some positive qualities may be attributed to related concepts and .. good self-esteem and ...proportionate pride in one’s achievements is welcome, hubris has no positive connotations and is unacceptable under all circumstances! Nick Bouras, Professor (emeritus) of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. Prof. Bouras is Coordinator of the Daedalus Trust and Chair of its Research and Development Gr...
Written by: Bouras, Nick: Ikkos, George.
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Review of Meghnad Desai’s book ‘Hubris: why economists failed to predict the crisis and how to avoid the next one’. 2015
“The idea of equilibrium is a dangerous delusion.. The accuracy of his pessimistic conclusion remains to be seen.” Stewart Lansley, visiting fellow in the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, University of Bristol THE (Times Higher Education), 28 May 2015 “…this book sets out to emphasise the importance of economic history in our understanding of the economic crisis of 2008 and...
Written by: Lansley, Stewart.
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Surrey University Symposium review. (2015)
Business practitioners made up the majority of attendees at the Surrey Business School’s oversubscribed 20 May ‘Hubris in Business and Management’ symposium, reflecting growing ‘real world’ interest in the issue. They were joined by academics from various business schools including Kings College London, University of Edinburgh and Surrey University. Surrey’s contingent included its three recipients of Daedalus Trust research grants...
Written by: Daedalus admin
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Wall Street’s finest head for the Silicon Valley. 2015
"As its allure and self-confidence swells, Silicon Valley might repeat some of the political and social mistakes that created the Wall Street boom and bust. Gillian Tett FT.com, 26 March 2015 “Ruth Porat’s move to Google from Morgan Stanley shows where the US economy’s power is going.” A decade ago, when senior bankers tired of Wall Street they usually headed for the golf course, a hedge fund, or public service...
Written by: Tett, Gillian.
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