Posts tagged with: Leadership
Why great success can bring out the worst parts of our personalities (2018)
"The more power and influence you have, the less interested you will be in pleasing other people and in keeping your dark side in check." Lovric D., Principal at Incandescent, and...
Why it’s so hard to speak up against a toxic culture (2018)
"...Silence is pervasive in organizations due to the widely shared belief that speaking up about sensitive issues is futile or even dangerous." Francesca Gino, Harvard Business Review, 21 May 2018...
The essential tension between leadership and power (2013)
"...Leaders may come to feel imperilled by members of their group who could be perceived as a threat to the leader’s power." Jon K. Maner, professor of psychology and director...
Male and female bosses share the same “classically masculine” personality traits (2018)
"...It remains the case that stereotypically masculine traits predict the attainment of senior roles among men and women." Dr Christian Jarrett, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Manchester Research Digest, The British Psychological...
Autocratic leaders and authoritarian followers revisited: A review and agenda for the future (2018)
"...Individuals pursuing a more autocratic style of leadership are likely to be more calculating, self-interested, have a higher need for power..." Harms, P. D., Wood, D., Landay, K., Lester, P....
Hubris and Sciences
"The speed of communications in contemporary times, combined with the widespread application of social media and easy access to large groups of people, might predispose to both collective and individual...
International leadership and business conference – How purpose and compassion unlock positive impact. 9 May 2018
The Compassionate Mind Foundation are organising a one-day conference named 'International Leadership and Business Conference: How Purpose and Compassion Unlock Positive Impact', held at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London,...
Power can corrupt leaders. Compassion can save them. (2018)
"...Power impairs our mirror-neurological activity — the neurological function that indicates the ability to understand and associate with others." Hougaard, R., Carter, J. and Chester, L. Harvard Business Review, 15...
Hedge fund managers with psychopathic tendencies make for worse investors (2018)
“When choosing our leaders in organizations and in politics, we should keep in mind that psychopathic traits—like ruthlessness and callousness—don’t produce the successful outcomes that we might expect them to.”...
Self-esteem, tenure, and narcissistic leader’s performance (2016)
"...Narcissists often make a very good first impression, but a narcissistic leader can prove costly for an organisation, [as] such leaders often become unpopular after a short period of time...