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Telegraph. "Power corrupts and it has corrupted Vladimir Putin absolutely. As the drama in Ukraine continues, experts examine the mind and motivations of the man responsible. The Telegraph's 'Telegram' Podcast,  9 March 2014 Ian H Robertson, Professor in Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and author of Read more

“most adults will have worked with or been supervised by a psychopathic individual…. leaders need to tackle psychopathic behaviour at work if they truly wish to improve quality and safety.   Prasanna de Silva BMedBiol, MRCPsych Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, Volume 18, Issue 5, pages 4–6, September/October 2014 The Francis Report into events at the UK’s Mid Staffordshire National Health Service Foun...

Robertson, Ian. "Putin has held power in Russia for approaching 15 years – too long for any man or woman’s brain to endure without dangerous changes which foster recklessness and a blindness to other perspectives Ian H Robertson, Professor of Psychology at Trinity College, Dublin The Conversation, 4 March 2014 Vladimir Putin has held power in Russia as president or prime minister for approaching 15 years – too ...

"If the Iraq war is the nexus for a Sunni-Shiite war - which might be the history of the next 100 years - it’s far worse than Suez as a foreign policy mistake.   Hubris, power and the correct way to topple dictators: an interview with David Owen Published in theconversation.com, 13 February 2014 The greatest disaster caused by hubris syndrome in recent times is the Iraq war, suggests Lord David Owen, a form...

"High levels of the stress hormone cortisol may contribute to the risk aversion and 'irrational pessimism' found among bankers and fund managers during financial crises   Narayanan Kandasamy, Andrew S. Powlson, Johann Graggaber, Mark Gurnell; Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge and National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge United Kingdom...

“CEO pay is negatively related to future stock returns…driven by… overconfidence that leads to losses from over investment and value-destroying M&A. Michael J. Cooper, University of Utah; Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University; P. Raghavendra Rau, University of Cambridge  Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN) 1 October 2014 Politicians and the media have been arguing that CEOs are paid too much and that...

"Provides an organized appraisal of managerial hubris using an original conceptual map and distills suggestions for managing hubris that may prove helpful to practitioners". Picone, P. M., Dagnino, G. B., & Minà, A., University of Catania, Italy The Academy of Management Perspectives, 28(4), 447-468 “…to our knowledge, an organized appraisal of managerial hubris is as yet missing.” The authors attempt to rec...

"Recent research by MWM Consulting suggests that the unchecked personalities of senior leaders can become a major destructive force and harder to detect than other corporate threats. More than 80 CEOs, chairmen and board directors shared their experience   Jackie Switzer The Evening Standard, 28 January 2014 Narcissistic leaders are only interested in themselves and are more likely to make risky decision...

Lord Owen provides a succinct summary of the concept of Hubris Syndrome, its manifestations and impacts on leadership, businesses and society.

Vita Akstinaite and Tim Wray of Surrey Business School at the top-10 ranked University of Surrey have recently been awarded what are possibly the UK’s first PhD scholarships into hubris. The full-time, three studentships represent “a significant investment of research resource” for the School according to their supervisor Eugene Sadler-Smith, Professor of Organisational Behaviour. “It is also unusual to have two students funded to stud...