Goodbye to my favourite corporate psychopath
While the USA Presidential Result is still being disputed articles like this are Why can’t some people admit defeat when they lose? are appearing everywhere. In this article Trump is defined as a ‘grandiose narcissist’ to explain his behaviour. There is no question that Trump is narcissistic; since his election in November 2016 he has been my favourite example in my workshops of the corporate psychopath displaying all the 7MTF characteristics of low Regulator and high GoGetter. U.....
Read MoreHow I Came to Write a Management Book for my Elder Daughter Louisa
I am writing this blog on account of a LinkedIn post by one of my contacts: Jaspal Kaur Sagoo who has bought and read The Humm Handbook. Of all the types of endorsements, unsolicited compliments are the best. The story about the Humm Handbook begins in 1972 when I was halfway through completing an MBA course at the London Business School. Charles Handy was my tutor. This was before Charles had written his first book and had established himself as a leading British management guru. .....
Read MoreWhat makes strangers connect or not?
An interesting article recently appeared on BBC.com: What makes strangers click? It is a well-known principle of psychology that we like those who are most like ourselves. In this article the work of Columbia University psychologist Maya Rossignac-Milon is discussed. She asserts there is a second factor; it is not just with whom we’re talking – but what we’re talking about. The secret of good relationships is to try and make sense of the world together. She believes successful.....
Read MoreSelfish And Combative People Don’t Actually Get Ahead At Work
Image of the von Hammerstein-Equord management model This was the title of a recent article by Emily Reynolds in the Research Digest of the British Psychological Society that you can access here. The article quotes a 14-year longitudinal study from the University of California Study by Cameron Anderson that tracked 457 university graduates over 14 years. The students was first given a Five Factor Model (FFM) personality test. Then fourteen years later, when those participants wer.....
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Peter Morris, Executive Officer, Lomax Financial Group
Your presentation on 'Lifting your Level of Emotional Intelligence" to 10 CEOs scored an average 8.9 out of 10 for the topic and 8.5 for the presentation which is great. A couple of the attendees gave you a 10 out of 10, and the comments were:
- Great presentation. Very informative.
- Excellent presentation.
- made me think.
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