Posts tagged with: Hubris
Tesla blames ‘hubris’ for Model X part delays. (2016)
“Given loss-making Tesla’s history of missed deadlines, this target needed to be met to earn the faith of consumers and investors alike BBC News: technology (online) 5 April 2016 “Tesla Motors...
Hubris and unethical decision making: the tragedy of the uncommon. (2016)
"...hubris leads managers to invoke an amoral decision process which causes a higher incidence of unethical behavior among these individuals. Joseph McManus, Monmouth University, New Jersey Journal of Business Ethics,...
Pariahs: Hubris, reputation and organisational crises. (2016)
“…the picture often painted … of widespread criminality, immorality and incompetence in (Pariah) businesses is at odds with the day-to-day reality of life in them. Matt Nixon Libri Publishing “In the last...
The perils of appointing a high-profile chief executive. (2016)
“The chance that electing an exciting leader may yield a gigantic return keeps tempting directors and investors to hubris-prone full-charisma CEOs. Their instinct is half-right.” Andrew Hill Ft.com/management 14 March...
Guest Blog: The “all-seeing, all-knowing” leader myth.
“…when senior people repeatedly act as if they have all the answers, they run the real and serious risk of ending up believing that they actually do.” Another in an...
Talent Quarterly: The Dark Side Issue. (2016)
Reviews the role that leaders’ "dark sides" play in their careers with input from leading researchers on the topic including those who created the concept and have shaped it over...
Leadership and hubris. (2016)
"Zaleznik’s warning (about hubris) resonated in my mind as I learned about James Comey, the head of the FBI, and his October 28 letter to Congress…" Bert A. Spector, Associate...
Guest Blog: Generation Y and Hubris Syndrome. (2015)
"..my Gen Y friend’s view was that the organisation was lucky to have him ...it was less about what he could contribute and more about the opportunities that his employer...
Hubris: The tragedy of war in the Twentieth Century. (2015)
“…a reflection on military hubris and the part it played in 20th-century conflicts. Sir Alistair Horne, journalist, biographer and historian Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson “…Sir Alistair’s subject is the embedded...
A politician’s guide to handling hubris – radio clip. (2015)
“You have to avoid hubris, triumphalism… you’ve only got two or three years and after that you do lose the plot… (after our victory) in 1987 we thought it was...