Books

"These people did something remarkable - they built huge business empires worth  billions. Then they all did something unbelievable - they managed to lose it. They had it, now they don't.  ...

“…explores the damaging effects of destructive leadership on organizations and provides the tools necessary for early recognition, assessment, and treatment.   Alan Goldman, Professor of Management, Arizona State University. Published...

"People in powerful positions who reject the idea that exercising their power changes their brain’s neurobiology would do well to reflect on Zeki’s work illustrating the vulnerability of brain chemistry to...

“Hubris born of success is the first of five stages of corporate decline.” Jim Collins, author, leadership & management practitioner, former Stanford University academic. Published by Collins Business Essentials. “If...

"We spend years climbing career ladders only to risk being brought down by unexpected events that were 'not in the plan'. Is this also inevitable? Graham Robinson, Visiting Research Fellow,...

"A unique study of illness in heads of government between 1901 and 2007, and how it affects the process of government and decision-making, leading to acts of folly, in the sense of...

"How President Bush took the nation to war using faulty and fraudulent intelligence. An account of conspiracy, backstabbing, bureaucratic ineptitude, journalistic malfeasance, and, especially, arrogance.   Michael Isikoff, investigative journalist, formerly...

"Egocentricity, callousness [have] suddenly [become] acceptable trade-offs in order to get the talents and skills needed to survive in an accelerated dispassionate world   Robert Hare, researcher in the field of...

"Hubris is by no means confined to organisations and to individuals in positions of power, and that it may also be observed within scientific and other academic disciplines.   Dee...

"We are losing the war on terror. Until U.S. leaders recognize the errant path they have irresponsibly chosen, our enemies will only grow stronger.   Originally published anonymously, later revealed to...