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What doesn’t kill you will only make you more risk-loving: early-life disasters and CEO behaviour (2017)
"...the link between CEOs’ disaster experience and corporate policies has real economic consequences on firm risk and its cost of capital." Bernile, G., Bhagwat, V., Rau, P. R. The Journal...
(Are we) Wrong to speculate on Trump’s mental health ? (2018)
In light of the recent publication 'Fire and Fury' by Michael Wolff, CNN's Michael Smerconish states that we are wrong to speculate on US President Donald Trump's state of mental...
Carillion. What a mess.
Board hubris ran high while hedge funds scented blood, shorting the stock. Bailey, D. Professor of Industrial Strategy, Aston Business School Birmingham Post, 18 January 2018 Image: Wikimedia Commons "Carillion's demise...
The most important four words a leader can say (2017)
"Vulnerability loops are most powerful in moments of stress..."people either dig in and become defensive, and start justifying, and a lot of tension gets created."" Coyle, D. Daniel Coyle, author...
Big Egos Can Be Green: A Study of CEO Hubris and Environmental Innovation (2017)
"CEOs’ hubris may provide the required force for overcoming obstacles to the development and introduction of green innovations." Arena, C., Michelon, G. and Trojanowski, G. (2017), Big Egos Can Be...
When Founders Go Too Far (2017)
"Given the extraordinary power imbalance that’s now the norm in Silicon Valley boardrooms, it should be no surprise that many founder-CEOs are behaving badly. In fact, the real surprise may...
Power and Autistic Traits (2016)
"Problem solving is important in leadership, and people with many autistic traits appear often to be better thinkers than typical subjects with similar IQs." Overskeid, G. Department of Psychology, University of...
Are you a toxic boss? If your team won’t tell you, neuroscience will (2017)
"Absolute power does, in fact, corrupt absolutely." Hogshead, S. Founder & CEO 'How to Fascinate' Inc., November 17, 2017 Image: Pexels "Confidence can be perceived as aggression by employees. Confident...
Why some men feel the need to win at all costs (2017)
"...If men fight harder than women at the negotiation table, they perhaps also fight dirtier, more often employing unethical tactics such as outright deception." Thau, S. INSEAD Professor of Organisational...
Emotional Aspects of Leadership in the Modern Workplace (2017)
"When executives have high hubris, it can have a negative impact on the strategic decision making process, the actual strategic choices that are made, and ultimately organizational performance..." Giannouli, V....