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Psychology suggests that power doesn’t make people bad—it just reveals their true natures (2016)
"The more power people get, the more freedom they feel they have to be their authentic selves, acting consistently with their goals and values. In other words, power isn’t inherently...
How leaders and their teams can stop executive hubris (2017)
"...One of the chief characteristics of hubris is blindness — the inability to see it in oneself, much less admit it and do something about it." Jonathan Mackey, managing partner in...
“See You in Court”: How CEO narcissism increases firms’ vulnerability to lawsuits (2017)
"...In spite of the claim that there is both a “bright side” and a “dark side” to narcissistic leadership, overall, there is little evidence that firms with narcissistic CEOs perform...
‘It was like a bereavement’: life after leaving a big job (2017)
"...the hardest lesson may not be dealing with the ignobility conferred by your newfound lack of status, the really tough bit is dealing with your newfound sense of self." Melissa...
Using tweets to decrypt the personality of Donald Trump and other powerful people (2017)
"In the case of President Trump, researchers conclude he is an 'emotionally unstable innovator'." Queensland University of Technology EurekAlert 27 July 2017 Image:Skidmore "An international research team, led by [Queensland...
Could your personality derail your career? (2017)
"Research over decades suggests that it’s very difficult to change core aspects of your personality after age 30. But you can—through self-awareness, appropriate goal setting, and persistence..." Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, CEO...
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...
Gut check: have you succumbed to hubris? (2017)
“…Sometimes, those who succumb to hubris can act like toddlers. (A) recent example is the video of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick berating one of his drivers..." Vince Molinaro, best-selling author and...
Where does pride lead? Corporate managerial hubris and strategic emphasis. (2017)
"...high corporate managerial hubris predicts low strategic emphasis on advertising relative to R&D..." MinChung Kim, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea; Guiyang Xiong Whitman School of...