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"..in the senior positions of organisations, hubris can become a contagious disease. Leaders become easily intoxicated by its siren’s call. Professor Manfred F R Kets de Vries The moment you are a senior executive, ‘liars’ surround you. Many of the people who report to you are ‘lying,’ to one degree or another – whether consciously (for political reasons) or unconsciously (as a transferential reaction). In hierarchical ...

Loch, Professor Christoph: "hubris is older than humanity. Therefore, it represents a temptation that everyone is prone to. But this does not imply inevitability, only a need to be watchful We will see evidence that hubris is older than humanity. Therefore, it represents a temptation that everyone is prone to. But this does not imply inevitability, only a need to be watchful, the ways of which we will discuss during this session.   ...

Our second conference held in Cambridge in 2013 marked “a major inroad in looking at hubris from a business perspective,” said trust chairman Lord David Owen in his concluding remarks. “We are making good progress in building a cultural shift on the issue.” Discussing the challenges of keeping character steady in the intoxicating environment of power, Lord Owen commented that “people in positions of authority have a special respo...

Our second conference held in Cambridge in 2013 marked “a major inroad in looking at hubris from a business perspective,” said trust chairman Lord David Owen in his concluding remarks. “We are making good progress in building a cultural shift on the issue.” Discussing the challenges of keeping character steady in the intoxicating environment of power, Lord Owen commented that “people in positions of authority have a special respo...

“We have to look at this in the round, on a multidisciplinary basis.” Trustee Lord David Owen discusses the significance of our September 2013 conference, ‘Intoxication of power: leadership and hubris’.

“It’s our first opportunity to explore the issues of hubris purely focused on the needs of business. Trustee Geoff Marlow discusses the significance of our September 2013 conference, ‘Intoxication of power: leadership and hubris’.

“(..we’ve seen many) cautionary tales lately about the destruction in value and the havoc that hubris can wreak inside a company.” Trustee Dan Marks discusses the significance of our September 2013 conference, ‘Intoxication of power: leadership and hubris’.

“Hubris and leadership is a very important topic, particularly in these current times.” Professor Nick Bouras discusses the significance of our September 2013 conference, ‘Intoxication of power: leadership and hubris’.

"Alcibiades' Sicilian expedition, Bonaparte's Russian invasion and L. Paul Bremer's Iraqi government transitional leadership (all demonstrate) that hubris is an inherent character flaw and… an individual's access to power sets the azimuth of impact. Scott E Smith, (2013). Major, USAF Naval War College Newport RI Joint Military Operations Dept. A paper submitted to the Faculty of the Naval War College in partial satisf...