Posts tagged with: Leadership
Overlapping semantics of leadership & heroism: Expectations of omnipotence, identification with ideal leaders & disappointment in real managers. (2015)
‘Leaders’ and ‘heroes’ are so tightly linked in our semantic construction of the world that speaking of one easily evokes associations with the other. Jan Ketil Arnulf; BI Norwegian Business School,...
Why those at the top still need a helping hand. (2015)
"Sometimes the boss doesn't have all the answers and has to modify their position. In the face of compelling evidence, that's what should happen Katie Hope, Business Reporter, BBC website...
Diabolical dictators or capable commanders? An investigation of the differential effects of autocratic leadership on team performance. (2015)
"...autocratic leadership is not always harmful and may at times also facilitate team functioning." Annebel H.B. De Hoogh, University of Amsterdam; Lindred L. Greer, Stanford University, California; Deanne N. Den...
Illuminating and applying ‘the dark side’: Insights from elite team leaders. (2015)
"...presents evidence of the use of dark side behaviors by elite team leaders, illuminates these behaviors look like during a common leadership task, and reveals how they were effectively applied." Andrew...
How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organisations. (2015)
"… toxic leadership … is endangering the well-being of organisational members, compromising future sustainable organisational, community and societal performance and success. Theo Veldsman, Professor and Head, Department of Industrial Psychology...
4D leadership, competitive advantage through vertical leadership development. (2015)
"... few people develop their intellectual capabilities beyond (their level) as teenagers. This, is why we see so many power battles at the top of companies, “toys out of the pram” episodes,...
Social, behavioral, and cognitive influences on upper echelons during strategy process: A literature review. (2015)
“…exceedingly active research on relations between CEOs and their management teams has developed a plethora of constructs and empirical findings. Scholars may now wish to turn to understanding and comparing...
Teaching leadership critically: New directions for leadership pedagogy. (2015)
“…(teaching) heroic models of leadership has legitimised the over-concentration of power, encouraged hubris rather than humility … and played a significant part in business scandals.” David Collinson, Lancaster University, and...
When you believe your own PR . . . Leaders must be able to spot the signs that they are becoming far too egotistical. (2014)
“The key for executives is to start thinking about their vulnerability to hubris before it sets in, giving them time to understand what scenarios could increase that vulnerability and what...
The leadership shadow: How to recognise and avoid derailment, hubris and overdrive. (2014)
“Leaders can do enormous harm if they do not sustain an awareness of the dangerous psychological states it is so easy to be sucked into as a leader Erik...