Posts tagged with: Hubris
Are overconfident CEOs better innovators? (2010)
"Firms with overconfident CEOs have greater return volatility, invest more in innovation, obtain more patents and patent citations, and achieve greater innovative success for given research and development expenditures. ...
The Power Trip. (2010) Nice people are actually more likely to rise to power. But then authority atrophies the very talents that got them there.
"The very traits that helped leaders accumulate control in the first place all but disappear once they rise to power. Instead of being polite, honest and outgoing, they become impulsive,...
Hubris: a primal danger. (2010)
"Concern about hubris is deeply embedded in our genes. Humans might have evolved ways to ... prohibit behaviors which threaten them. Strivings for rank and power can be threats, which is why dire...
Beyond the dark side of executive psychology: Current research and new directions. (Oct 2010)
"The authors analyze existing research and identify issues in definitions and measurement and describe how researchers have fallen prey to hubris fascination. This leads them to put forward two options for future...
Acting superior but actually inferior?: Correlates and consequences of workplace arrogance. (2010)
"...(while) constructs such as narcissism and hubris have been measured, they are not synonymous with arrogance..." Russell E. Johnson, Michigan State University; Stanley B. Silverman, University of Akron; Aarti Shyamsunder,...
Hubris and narcissism: the dark underbelly of leadership. (2010)
“...toxic leadership ... has permanently engraved the darker and destructive side of organizational behavior into the collective conscience of Wall Street, corporate life and business schools around the world.” In ‘Destructive...
Leaders, self-confidence, and hubris: what’s the difference? (2010)
“Success can spell disaster for a leader. On the surface, this makes no sense. M. Kerfoot, Vice President/Chief Clinical Officer, Aurora Health System, Milwaukee, WI; Nursing Economic$ Editorial Board...
The Icarus Syndrome: a history of American hubris. (2010)
"Hubris is an affliction born of success and, therefore, one to which western societies, the USA in particular, are especially prone. In dazzling color, he portrays three extraordinary generation" ...
How the mighty fall: and why some companies never give in. (2009)
“Hubris born of success is the first of five stages of corporate decline.” Jim Collins, author, leadership & management practitioner, former Stanford University academic. Published by Collins Business Essentials. “If...
Hubris syndrome: an acquired personality disorder? A study of US Presidents and UK Prime Ministers over the last 100 years. (May 2009)
"Qualities often associated with successful leadership can also be marked by impetuosity, a refusal to listen to or take advice and a particular form of incompetence when impulsivity, recklessness and frequent...