THE SPIRITUAL CHALLENGES OF POWER, HUMILITY, AND LOVE AS OFFSETS TO LEADERSHIP HUBRIS

Andre L. Delbecq
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Andre L. Delbecq: Santa Clara University, USA

Chapter 5 in The Virtuous Organization:Insights from Some of the World's Leading Management Thinkers, 2008, pp 97-112 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThis chapter examines the failure of success, the corruption of triumph, and the danger of celebrity. It explains why the contemporary business press and academic studies are replete with examples of previously acclaimed leaders who slipped into situational narcissism leading to distorted decisions and subsequent public embarrassment. Every person playing a leadership role or attaining a position of notoriety is tempted by hubris, or the development of pride and dominance. The chapter explains why these outcomes are common and introduces the classic virtues of humility and love as offsets and counter-tendencies that can protect leaders from such falls from grace.

Keywords: Virtues; Positive Psychology; Positive Organizational Scholarship; Ethical Decision-Making; Virtuous Management and Leadership; Virtuous Organizations; Values; Social Issues in Management; Spirituality and Work; Corporate Citizenship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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