Posts tagged with: Presidents and Prime Ministers
A politician’s guide to handling hubris – radio clip. (2015)
“You have to avoid hubris, triumphalism… you’ve only got two or three years and after that you do lose the plot… (after our victory) in 1987 we thought it was...
Caesar’s murder and the fatal addiction of power: Ancient Rome offers today’s leaders a chilling lesson in the dangers of hubris. (2015)
"..modern politics is less violent than that of ancient Rome but the basic principles of power and ambition are universal and unvarying… Robert Harris, best-selling thriller writer Daily Mail /...
The Narcissist in Chief. (2015)
"...if voters select narcissists as their leaders, they may end up with gifted stage performers who are persuasive and decisive. They may, however, also get a good deal more than...
Tony Blair’s leadership style in foreign policy: Hubris without constraints? (2015)
Analysing Tony Blair’s war-time leadership (involving no less than four military interventions), the author asks “did other parts of the British power structure play their constitutional role?”" Pauline Schnapper, Professor...
Napoleonic leadership: a study in power. (2015)
"200 years after his defeat, what lessons can we learn from his successes and his failures? Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Maastricht School of Management, Jonathan Gosling,...
Developing strong and diverse political leaders. (2015)
“…while it might be easy to ascribe politicians’ apparent reluctance to acknowledge their own needs for development to arrogance, hubris or self-interest - there may be legitimate reasons for being...
Does power make you mad? (BBC radio programme: 2015)
Owen Bennett Jones speaks with a distinguished group of journalists, academics, psychologists, diplomats and politicians (including Lord David Owen, founder of the Daedalus Trust) to discuss the merits and abuses...
Critics blame Erdogan ‘hubris’ for currency weakness. (2015)
"As (Erdogan's) power has increased so has his hubris and there are now very few people around him who dare to speak the truth about what is happening in the economy...
Narcissism and Politics: Dreams of Glory. (2015)
“From Woodrow Wilson and MacArthur to Kennedy and Netanyahu, Hussein and Putin, Post illuminates the links between narcissistic personalities and public life. Dr Jerrold M. Post, Professor of Psychiatry, Political...
Research Café 2014: Lord David Owen – ‘binding’ leaders
"... I will deal with, ‘Structures and processes that might bind, shackle and brake democratic leaders without inhibiting their ability to give of their best’. ‘Binding’ is very important … One...