{"product_id":"hubristic-leadership-9781526431172","title":"Hubristic Leadership","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigating the societal, economic, financial and reputational costs of hubristic leadership, with insights into the characteristics and causes of this phenomenon, and recommended safeguards to avoid hubris from happening in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs research into hubristic leadership becomes increasingly popular following recent political developments, the book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to investigating this form of leadership. Outlining what causes hubristic leadership in the first place, the author looks at how it’s potentially destructive consequences can be anticipated and avoided through an informed stance of moderation, critical analysis and reflexivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples are drawn from business and politics including the Lehmann Brothers, BP and Deepwater Horizon, Blair and Bush in the Iraq Invasion, NASA, and Donald Trump.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeal reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in business and management, leadership, and organizational behaviour.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Check out the Hubris Hub for further information on hubristic leadership, including a regularly updated blog written by author Eugene Sadler-Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn elegant, scholarly and absolutely timely analysis of the kinds of dangerous people who want to be leaders, but never should be allowed to be.  Read it, weep with despair for the state of international politics, and some big business—and understand it better. -- Guy Claxton\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers numerous provocative ideas about what we can do to deal with hubristic leadership.  I can’t recommend it highly enough. -- Dennis Tourish\u003cbr\u003eSadler-Smith provides an incisive and thorough analysis of hubristic leadership making this book ideal as a primary or secondary text for courses focusing on the fundamentals of leadership. -- Peter G. Northouse\u003cbr\u003eAn essential source covering a wide range of approaches from organisational to biological. \u003cem\u003eHubristic Leadership\u003c\/em\u003e fills an important gap in the literature.       \u003cbr\u003e -- Nick Bouras\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Introduction and Overview Chapter 1: In Perspective Chapter 2: Mythic and Historical Approaches Chapter 3: Biological and Neuroscientific Approaches Chapter 4: Psychiatric Approach Chapter 5: Behavioural Approach Chapter 6: An Organizational Approach Chapter 7: Relational Approach Chapter 8: Paradox and Processual Approaches Chapter 9: Avoidance Approaches References","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020021104983,"sku":"9781526431172","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526431172.jpg?v=1750782094","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hubristic-leadership-9781526431172","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}