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Conference 2014: Report
"Delegates heard about the psychological and biological effects of stress in triggering hubristic behaviour in leaders and possible ways to check its malign effects. Joy Ogden, freelance medical writer Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, January/February 2015 “Leaders, whether Prime Ministers or primary school head teachers, exert power over everyone’s lives. Charisma, self-confidence and the ability to inspire are ...
Written by: Ogden, Joy.
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How to spot a narcissist: Mental health literacy with respect to Narcissistic Personality Disorder. (2014)
"Schizophrenia and depression were ‘correctly’ identified significantly more than … NPD. This demonstrates that laypeople have difficulty identifying NPD. Kirstie Wright & Adrian Furnham, University College London, United Kingdom Personality and Mental Health, Vol. 9, Issue 2, pp 150-161 "The study concerns lay people’s mental health literacy with respect to Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). "…. Th...
Written by: Wright, K. & Furnham, A.
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The sound of power: Conveying and detecting hierarchical rank through voice. (2014)
“Holding power can fundamentally change the way you speak, altering basic acoustic properties of the voice. Listeners can pick up on these vocal cues to know who is really in charge. Ko, S. J., Sadler, M. S., & Galinsky, A. D. (2014) Psychological Science, 0956797614553009 People tend to focus on our words - what we say - when we want to come across as powerful to others. This research suggests that basic acoustic ...
Written by: Ko, S. J., Sadler, M. S., & Galinsky, A. D.
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Bad apples in the barrel: personality disorders at work. (2014)
"Personality Disorders ... are in no way a matter of mental health but only of behaviour, and therefore subject to management oversight and intervention. Dr Michael Reddy, Chartered Clinical and Occupational Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Fellow of the RSA, founder and former chairman of ICAS Whitepaper prepared for the Human Potential Accounting (HPA) consultancy he l...
Written by: Reddy, Michael.
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Exposing the hubris in knowing. (2014)
“…the most significant progress (comes from) intellectual humility that lets us accept that most of what we know will ... before long, become wrong.” Elizabeth Nable, President of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. TEDMED2014 talk "I learned early on in my career the dangers of being too entrenched in what I knew." Elizabeth Nabel shares a personally revealing stor...
Written by: Nable, Elizabeth
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Call for research proposals. (2014)
The Daedalus Trust is offering enabling funding for innovative and interdisciplinary research into hubristic behaviour across many areas of human activity, particularly business. The deadline for proposals is 15 April 2014.
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Researchers in neuroscience, business and management and social sciences are being invited to apply for a share of £50,000 in enabling funding available now from the Daedalus Trust. Submissions are due by 15 April 2014.
“Hubris may be considered to be an occupational hazard for leading politicians, and for leaders in the military, business and other institutions,” the Trust says.
“More interdisciplinary research into the behaviour of... Written by: zadminnews “….only once we understand (how individuals gain power) can we predict who receives power and thus ensure that power is put to good use for organizations, collectives, and countries."
Rachel E. Sturm, Wright State University, Ohio; and John Antonakis, University of Lausanne.
Journal of Management, September 2014, 41(1), 136-163.
From the Conclusion:
“...it is important that we better understand the process by whi... Written by: Sturm, R. E., & Antonakis, J. "Narcissism may be a self-referential condition, but it ensnares an awful lot of people in its sticky web.
David Runciman
London Review of Books, 6 November 2014
Vol. 36 No. 21, page 22 | 1576 words
“Some professions attract people suffering from extreme forms of narcissism ….. Politics is one; sport is another.”
As examples, author and writer David Runciman uses Kevin Rudd, former Australian prime minister, and England batsman K... Written by: Runciman, David. "We could analyze the speech patterns of corporate and government leaders and measure whether they have stepped over the edge of narcissism and lost touch with the realities of their business
Art Chester, former research scientist, CTO and lab president.
Personal blog Artchester.net, 27 September 2013
It’s a ‘science fact’ that CEO hubris may predict bumpy times ahead for shares in the company they lead, w... Written by: Chester, Art
Trust makes £50,000 available for research. (2014)
Interpersonal power: A review, critique, and research agenda. (2014)
Short Cuts. (2014). Narcissism ensnares an awful lot of people in its sticky web.
CEO hubris as a ‘sell’ signal for investors. (2013)