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Lack of empathy root of hubristic behaviour: first Trust-supported research conclusions. (2016)
“Lack of empathy” is at the root of narcissistic leaders’ hubristic behaviour, according to the first report from a range of research projects supported by the Daedalus Trust. “We wondered...
Why macho leadership still thrives. (2016)
"…Today’s macho culture can only continue at the cost of rising conflict, health problems and increasing numbers of people facing a warped and debilitating existence.” Ray Williams, executive coach and...
Do humble CEOs matter? An examination of CEO humility and firm outcomes. (2015)
“CEO humility has important implications for firm processes and outcomes.” Amy Y. Ou, National University of Singapore; David A. Waldman & Suzanne J. Peterson, Arizona State University. Journal of Management,...
HBOS shows how bottom-up strategy leads to disaster. (2015)
"Boards and executives should not abdicate from making the important choices." Andrew Hill ft.com/management 23 November 2015 “HBOS, the UK bank that was one of the biggest casualties of the...
Board Doctors help supervise the supervisors. (2015)
"More companies are bringing in experts to scrutinize effectiveness of directors... Many U.S. corporate boards need help making hard decisions. Joann S. Lublin. Wall Street Journal 17 February 2015 Illustration:...
A Chinese billionaire’s instruction manual for innovation. (2015)
A CEO all too aware of hubris and the damage she could inflict by becoming ’too powerful’: a company whose policies and practices seem designed to avoid a culture of...
HBOS executives should be held to account, if that is still possible. (2015)
“HBOS executives seem to have revelled in a self-perceived role as challengers to the big four, outsiders who dared to do things differently. Herald Scotland, 20 November 2015 Stephen Naysmith...
Fresh HBOS inquiries hold no prospect of speedy judgment. (2015)
“The main consequence of the regulators’ costly and time-consuming inquiry into the £20.5bn collapse of HBOS is, wait for it: yet another costly and time-consuming inquiry. Caroline Binham and Emma...
HBOS’s fall is a tale of extraordinary Hubris. (2015)
"It was in this heady atmosphere that executives made the fateful decisions that led HBOS to expand unsustainably, leaving it hopelessly overstretched when the credit crunch struck. Tim Wallace The...
Too arrogant for their own good? Why and when narcissists dismiss advice. (2015)
“…narcissists eschew advice … because they think others are incompetent and because they fail to reduce their self-enhancement…” Edgar E. Kausel, University of Chile; Satoris S. Culbertson, Kansas State University;...