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I’ve watched too many leaders shield themselves from task conflict. As they gain power, they tune out boat-rockers and listen to bootlickers. They become politicians, surrounding themselves with agreeable yesmen and becoming more susceptible to seduction by sycophants. Research reveals that when their firms perform poorly, CEOs who indulge flattery
... See moreAdam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to
... See moreOctavia E. Butler • Parable of the Talents
It's not good to have power for too long. You don't realize the way your voice seems to boom louder than every other voice in the room. You get used to people withholding their opinions until they hear what you have to say. People are afraid to bring ideas to you, afraid to dissent, afraid to engage. This can happen even to the most well-intentione
... See moreRobert Iger • The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
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When the powerful lose their focus on what others think of them—a myopia that readily accompanies power—they all too quickly act in impulsive ways that undermine the greater good, thus losing power.
Dacher Keltner • The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence
Leaders can be magnified – or diminished – by the qualities of those around them.