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"I should start with one of the most charismatic politicians of the 20th Century, Franklin D Roosevelt. He was not a consensual figure; he knew how to hate… he was hubristic in the sense that many politicians and leaders are hubristic but I don’t think he ever developed Hubris Syndrome…. (because) in his life he had people who he encouraged to disagree with him."   https://youtu.be/zu_BuPY4wkg Lord David Owen, Clinical Neurolo...

"We need leaders, and we need leaders with the appetite for it. Leaders need to get satisfaction from wielding power because if they don’t, they will not experience the pharmacological benefits   Professor Ian Robertson, Professor of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin Posted on his blog ‘The Winner Effect’, 28 March 2014 “We need leaders, and we need leaders with the appetite for it. Le...

"Derailers in organisations are inevitable and their impact increases as they move up the career ladder. At the same time, counter-balances decrease; there is no-one contradicting or advising people as they move up the hierarchy. So I want to develop a model of ‘influential partnerships’ and whether there is a role for a modern day court jester."   https://youtu.be/DbJwJicH3i4 Gillian Hyde, Chief Psychologist, Psychological Con...

“Approach and avoidance are fundamental human urges – approaching things we need, like food or sex, and avoiding things that will destroy us. ….The ‘approach’ system of the brain is more closely linked to the dopamine system of the brain… and when you are in a position of power, it activates the brain’s ‘approach’ system.” https://youtu.be/0vItDtgBlgE   Professor Ian Robertson, Founding Director of Trinity Colleg...

"There are problems with the way leadership is approached and theorised about…. There is an almost over-fixation with leadership and the idea that it is the single most important thing in organisational performance…. How many books are there on followership?" https://youtu.be/I9O5r-_2V0s Dennis Tourish, Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London discusses ‘Dysfunctional leadership in corpo...

"Separating risk from responsibility in the financial sector was not merely about creating perverse incentives, but about disengaging policy makers from the all too predictable consequences of such policies   Marianna Fotaki, Professor of Business Ethics. Warwick Business School