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“The key for executives is to start thinking about their vulnerability to hubris before it sets in, giving them time to understand what scenarios could increase that vulnerability and what warning signs there might be.   Carly Chynoweth The Sunday Times (online) Published: 19 October 2014 “Narcissism is like salt in soup: a pinch or two improves matters but add too much and the whole thing is ruined. Unfortunately for ...

“Last month, I attended a conference …., which considered the question of leadership under stress and suffering from hubris. It was a fascinating day.   Stefan Stern, Writer on Business, Politics and Management Ft.com>management, 3 December 2014 “How do you know if your chief executive is out of control? Here are a few behaviour patterns to look out for:

• Excessive confidence in the individual’s own judgment ...

"The Tesco crisis may not match the BP and RBS disasters for impact, but there are parallels. The story involves corporate hubris, poor governance, private jets, perverse incentives – and excessive rewards despite strategic failure. Colin McLean Wealth Manager, 22 October 2014 Even the investors lucky enough not to own Tesco shares can learn something from it. The supermarket giant’s strategic and accounting nightmare...

“… the closeness of organizational identities in twin organizations may lead to increased rivalry, narcissism and a tendency for greater risk-taking and vulnerability. Prof Mark Stein, Chair in Leadership and Management, School of Management, University of Leicester British Journal of Management, (2014), DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12072 Stein’s paper makes a new contribution to the field of organization studies by pr...

Biographies of the speakers at our recent ‘Leadership: Stress and hubris’ conference, along with abstracts for most of their presentations, are available here: Abs and bios

“Leaders can do enormous harm if they do not sustain an awareness of the dangerous psychological states it is so easy to be sucked into as a leader   Erik de Haan, Director of Ashridge's Centre for Coaching and Professor of Organisation Development and Coaching at the VU University, Amsterdam Anthony Kasozi, Director of Quilibra Consulting and an Associate with Ashridge Consulting Kogan Page Publishers. Under stress and chal...

"Simply recognising the cognitive constraints on decision-making is thus a first step towards making policy robust to them. So too is institutional design   Speech given by Andrew G Haldane, Bank of England Chief Economist, Leadership: stress and hubris conference hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine, London 17 November 2014   While hubris remains a non-topic in many organisations, it is certainly recognised by the UK�...

How the Bank of England structures policy making to counteract hubris and other biases, and a proposal to limit UK Prime Ministers’ terms were among the highlights of a fascinating Daedalus Trust conference recently. ‘Leadership: stress and hubris’ was held in conjunction with the British Psychological Society’s Division of Occupational Psychology at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on Monday 17 November 2014. Over 300 deleg...

"new research examines the effects of greed on shareholder wealth and looks at whether various contextual factors, like a strong board of directors, CEO tenure and discretion make the situation better or worse.   Haynes, K. T., asst Prof. University of Delaware; Campbell, J. T., University of Arkansas; & Hitt, M. A. Texas A&M University Journal of Management, 01492...

“…offers managers a practical and systemic approach to diagnose leadership issues in their organisation, then provides an implementation process…” Professor Vlatka Hlupic, University of Westminster; also London Business School and founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Drucker Society, London. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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