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Boasting vs. humility: which one wins? (2016)
"...even the toxic part of a narcissist's personality can be judged positively if it's interspersed with a dash of humility." James Adonis, The Sydney Morning Herald>My Business 19March 2016 “…we...
How does leader humility influence team performance? Exploring the mechanisms of contagion and collective promotion focus. (2016)
"Leader behavior can spread via social contagion to followers... leaders need to lead by example." Bradley P Owens, Brigham Young University; & David R. Hekman, University of Colorado Academy of...
Guest Blog: Hubris by Design. (2016)
"Those particularly at risk of developing hubris … may be in jeopardy not so much because of flaws in their .. personality but because of their location at the top...
Responsible leadership: Realism and romanticism. (2016)
Editors; Steve Kempster (Professor, Leadership Learning & Development, Lancaster University Management School, UK) Brigid Carroll (Associate Professor, Department of Management & International Business, University of Auckland, New Zealand.) Pub: Routledge...
Overconfident CEOs are less socially responsible. (2016)
"Overconfident CEOs invest less in activities that impact positively on society… Female CEOs are significantly less overconfident than male CEOs." Barry Oliver The Conversation, 12 December 2016 Drawn from the...
Narcissism and the myth of invincibility. (2016)
"Even if you’re far past adolescence, you may carry at least part of that 'personal fable' notion into your everyday life Prof. Susan Krauss Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts Psychology Today,...
Women bosses turn into men says Germaine Greer. (2016)
“If you want to make the world a safer, kinder, happier place then simply substituting men with women wouldn’t cut it.” Greg Hurst The Times, 25 June 2016 Image: YLWA...
Networking for team and/or self. (2016)
"Teams and their leaders may have conflicting networking goals. That needn’t be a problem, but often is." Frédéric C. Godart, Insead Knowledge, 6 March 2017 Based on a paper prepared...
Selfie-generation grades boosted ‘if lecturers are narcissists’. (2016)
“less narcissistic students struggled in classes with more narcissistic faculty.. However, more narcissistic students “thrived” with similarly self-obsessed instructors”. David Matthews, Times Higher Education 5 April 2016 Image: iStock For...
Riding the leadership rollercoaster: An observer’s guide. (2016)
"(tools to) prevent leaders becoming prisoners of their own past, making the same mistakes over and over again." Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries, INSEAD Springer NB - includes the chapter ‘Riding...