Leadership Psychology

Leadership Psychology

A collage featuring Andrew Markell thinking at a desk, a close-up of a handshake, and a person standing alone, overlaid with swirling red and green arrows.
Andrew Markell — philosopher, martial artist, and CEO advisor — argues that true endurance comes from desire, ritual, and learning to evolve through chaos.
Book cover for "The Contemplative Leader" by Patrick Boland, featuring blue abstract art and Patrick Boland’s name alongside the subtitle "Uncover the Power of Presence and Connection.
A contemplative approach to leading others can help us accept the tension of not always knowing how things will play out.
Collage featuring photos of wildlife, ancient stone carvings, and a camel, with the text "THE NIGHTCRAWLER" at the top on a gray grid background—an homage to Sean B. Carroll’s explorations of nature and history.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Jono Hey smiling outdoors with doodle art of a person and a star overlaid on the image.
Jono Hey — whose sketches have been shared by the likes of Bill Gates and Steven Bartlett — draws some of his most valued leadership insights.
Football player in helmet with eye black, focused expression. Emulating the legendary drive to win like Tom Brady, an overlay of strategy diagrams and text lines appears to the right.
Former sports agent Molly Fletcher translates the discipline of great athletes into a framework for achievement in any field.
A painting of a mythological figure driving a chariot pulled by two white horses through the clouds, draped in a flowing red fabric, symbolizing executive ego.
We’ve made god-like figures out of hard-charging CEOs — but it’s a bad idea to get high on your own supply.
An illustration depicting the reality of leadership through a woman with long blonde hair.
Alli Webb, co-founder of Drybar, has a message for up-and-coming leaders: Embrace the mess!
A group of people, part of a doomsday cult, in white robes standing in front of a white chair.
If someone can make you feel insecure, incomplete, and inadequate, they then can present themselves as the solution you need.
A successful man in a suit captured in a black and white photo.
Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
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What distinguishes effective from ineffective leadership training? Read on to find out.
Anyone can have a bad day at work, but not everyone scores this high on narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
Psychologist Adrian Furnham has termed this effect the male hubris, female humility problem.
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