Posts tagged with: News media articles
Putting an end to leaders’ self-serving behavior (2017)
"...when there’s ambiguity in the context, people convince themselves that they deserve more resources than others, a form of motivated reasoning that in turn facilitate[s] their self-serving behavior." Morela Hernandez, associate...
Sex, power, and the systems that enable men like Harvey Weinstein (2017)
"The challenge...is to change social systems in which the abuses of power arise and continue unchecked." Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at University of California, Berkeley. Harvard Business Review, October 13, 2017 "...my research into...
The ideas that make us – narcissism: BBC Radio 4. (2016)
“When you are a narcissist, you are fabulous at other peoples’ expense… The ideas that make us - BBC Radio 4 documentary, series 4, episode 3. Presenter Bettany Hughes, Producer...
The ideas that make us – hubris: BBC Radio 4 (2017)
“…hubris (is) baked in the cake of politics … you reach for the stars and often fall flat in the mud.” Nick Clegg, former UK deputy Prime Minister. The ideas...
We should stop mistaking confidence for anything but self-belief. (2017)
"...we should all learn to be more sceptical of what confidence actually brings. It's not competence. It's not effectiveness." Julia Baird, journalist and author Sydney Morning Herald ,19 May 2017....
Performance-related pay and banking do not mix. (2017)
“Many of the (financial) scandals we are still wading through stem from poor incentives...” Financial Times Inside Business, 13 August 2017 Jonathan Ford, City editor of the Financial Times “In...
How malignant narcissistic bosses destroy companies. (2017)
‘Most boards are far too lenient with control freaks... (because) they are typically selected from the same stable..” Olive Keogh, The Irish Times 2 June 2017 (Interview with Manfred Kets...
The Guardian view on arrogance: the Greeks had a word for it
“The lead piping came for the Tories, first on election night and, since then, in their slow, shocked and wholly inadequate reaction to the catastrophe at Grenfell Tower." The Guardian (UK)...
Power causes brain damage. (2017)
"When a congressional hearing flayed Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf for failing to stop employees setting up phony accounts for customers... he seemed utterly unable to read a room." Jerry Useem, staff writer...
The danger of runaway leadership. (2017)
"Hubristic individuals are a threat to governance in all institutions." Lord David Owen Governance + Compliance, the online magazine of ICSA: The Governance Institute (UK), 16 May 2017 “For all...