Posts tagged with: Leadership
Conference 2014 video. Prof Ian Robertson: The winner effect – the neuropsychology of power
“Approach and avoidance are fundamental human urges – approaching things we need, like food or sex, and avoiding things that will destroy us. ….The ‘approach’ system of the brain is...
Conference 2014 video. Prof Dennis Tourish: Dysfunctional leadership in corporations
"There are problems with the way leadership is approached and theorised about…. There is an almost over-fixation with leadership and the idea that it is the single most important thing...
Conference 2014 video. Prof Adrian Furnham: the psychology of leadership derailment
"I'm very interested in this question of management derailment and why leaders cock-up and fail." Adrian Furnham, Professor of Psychology, Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, Division of Psychology & Language...
Divide and conquer: When and why leaders undermine the cohesive fabric of their group. (2014)
"..leaders sometimes sabotage their own teams to protect their own power. Charleen R Case, Northwestern University. Evanston, Ill, Jon K. Maner, Kellogg Schoool of Management, Northwestern University. Evanston Ill, Journal...
Interpersonal power: A review, critique, and research agenda. (2014)
“….only once we understand (how individuals gain power) can we predict who receives power and thus ensure that power is put to good use for organizations, collectives, and countries." Rachel...
A lack of succession planning is bad for business. (2013)
"Allowing a corporate leader to overstay his or her useful time at the top is harmful. Some leaders can change, and develop an acquired personality disorder, after wielding power. ...
Narcissism: An integrative synthesis and dominance complementarity model. (2013)
"We explore why narcissists perform Counter-productive Work Behaviour and offer advice regarding what organizations can do to avoid it. We (also) discuss narcissism's relationship with leadership effectiveness, and propose the Narcissistic Leaders and...
The dark side of transformational leadership: A critical perspective. (2013)
“..confronts the orthodoxy that transformational leadership is a ‘good thing’ by illustrating how it can encourage narcissism, megalomania and poor decision-making at great expense to organizations Dennis Tourish, Professor...
Strategic leadership: how to avoid the most common error leaders make. (2013).
"Denial, ego and hubris are all parts of human nature. They are like gravity. We don’t defeat them. To move forward we must actively resist them every day." Eric...
When does narcissistic leadership become problematic? Dick Fuld at Lehman Brothers. (2013)
"The connection between narcissism and leadership is well established.... The author argues that a single individual may at different times be both constructive and reactive Mark Stein, School of Management, University...