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‘Recklessness, hubris and greed’ – Carillion slammed by MPs (2018)
"[Board members]...presented themselves as “self-pitying victims of a maelstrom of coincidental and unforeseeable mishaps”" Rob Davies, business reporter, Guardian. Guardian, 16 May 2018 Image: The Paradise Birmingham site after the collapse...
Written by: Rob Davies
Read moreThe essential tension between leadership and power (2013)
"...Leaders may come to feel imperilled by members of their group who could be perceived as a threat to the leader’s power." Jon K. Maner, professor of psychology and director...
Written by: Jon K. Maner, Charleen R. Case
Read moreMale and female bosses share the same “classically masculine” personality traits (2018)
"...It remains the case that stereotypically masculine traits predict the attainment of senior roles among men and women." Dr Christian Jarrett, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Manchester Research Digest, The British Psychological...
Written by: Christian Jarrett
Read moreTapping into the power of humble narcissism
"...if you work with a narcissist, don’t try to lower their confidence. Just temper it with humility." Adam Grant, Organisational psychology, Wharton University. Ideas.Ted.Com, 14 March 2018 Image: Ben Stanfield,...
Written by: Daedalus admin
Read moreFresh blood: why everyone fell for Theranos (2018)
Charged with "massive fraud", Elizabeth Holmes has plummeted from the pedestal she built for herself Andrew Hill, The Financial Times. Opinion, 19 March 2018 Image: Elizabeth Holmes, 2014. Credit: Max Morse,...
Written by: Andrew Hill
Read moreAutocratic leaders and authoritarian followers revisited: A review and agenda for the future (2018)
"...Individuals pursuing a more autocratic style of leadership are likely to be more calculating, self-interested, have a higher need for power..." Harms, P. D., Wood, D., Landay, K., Lester, P....
Written by: P.D Harms, Dustin Wood, Karen Landlay, Paul B. Lester, Gretchen Vogelgesang Lester
Read moreSpeech by the Rt Hon Lord Owen to The Society of British Neurological Surgeons, Spring Meeting
"...Hubris Syndrome could be a consequence of deficient decision- making under chronic stress.” A little bit of stress he says is good, probably improves decision-making, but too much will deplete...
Written by: The Rt Hon Lord Owen
Read moreHubris and Sciences
"The speed of communications in contemporary times, combined with the widespread application of social media and easy access to large groups of people, might predispose to both collective and individual...
Written by: Eleftherios P Diamandis, Nick Bouras
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International leadership and business conference – How purpose and compassion unlock positive impact. 9 May 2018
The Compassionate Mind Foundation are organising a one-day conference named 'International Leadership and Business Conference: How Purpose and Compassion Unlock Positive Impact', held at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London,...
Written by: The Compassionate Mind Foundation
Read moreMemo to the CEO: are you the source of workplace dysfunction? (2017)
"The risks of turning insensitive and unkind to others increase as you become more senior." Sutton, R. Professor of Management science at Stanford Engineering School McKinsey Quarterly, September 2017. Artwork: Pixabay...
Written by: Prof. Robert I. Sutton
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