Posts tagged with: Presidents and Prime Ministers
Essays: ‘On political leadership’. (2016)
“The yearning for a strong individual leader who will dominate all and sundry is the pursuit of a false god Published in 'Daedalus', the Journal of the American Academy of...
The profile of political leaders: archetypes of ascendancy (2016)
“In our choice of, and support for, leaders, we still seem to be guided by unconscious or instinctive preferences.” Jaap van Ginneken, former Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam Pub: Springer...
Too much of a good thing? (2016)
A personal view of recent political events as seen through the lens of hubris and ‘the intoxicating effects of power’. (Another in an occasional series of contributions from friends of...
Antisocial personality disorder and pathological narcissism in prolonged conflicts and wars of the 21st Century. (2016)
“…once in power, a leader with an Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) thrives on continuing conflict and never seeks peace." Frederick M. Burkle, Jr, MD, MPH, DTM, FAAP, FACEP. Harvard Humanitarian Initiative,...
The bear-king or the price of hubris. (2016)
….nobody dared bring the king any bad news, They made sure he only heard the things he wanted to hear. Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries. In ‘Telling fairy tales...
Brazil’s Rousseff undone by hubris, economic missteps, (2016)
"...stubbornness, economic mismanagement and a tendency toward self-isolation... led her to rebuff advice that might have averted recession and saved her politically. Reuters > World, Tuesday 10 May 2016 Brad...
Taming power: ‘generative historical consciousness’. (2016)
Is the capacity for corruption inherent in the nature of power? A mechanism for taming power could be ‘Generative historical consciousness’. David. G. Winter, University of Michigan American Psychologist, Vol...
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...
Why we select toxic leaders. (2016)
Toxic individuals take advantage of the cues we use to identify high potential. David Rock, NeuroLeadership Institute executive director, NeuroLeadership Group CEO Psychology Today, 7 Nov 2016. Extracts: Humans… have...
The alchemy of authenticity: Lessons from the 2016 US Presidential campaign. (2016)
Authenticity has been heralded as the ‘it’ factor of the campaign. But, where did the rise of authentic leadership come from? What responsibility does it entail? What is the role...