Is this Presidential Move Untethered from Reality? [1] Washington DC — the capital of the world’s first modern democracy, the city named for the man who led its founding — has this week become a stage for theatre rather than truth. With tanks under the Washington Monument and soldiers on its streets, President Trump has claimed...
The Leadership Dilemma of Donald Trump I am sure that we have all now seen the onscreen mauling of the Ukraine President by the President and Vice President of the US in front of the world's media, something Trump referred to as “Great Television.” As I watched with dismay, I could not help but reflect on...
It is an interesting question to ask whether Silverback Gorilla characteristics (the antithesis of selfless behaviour) are evident in all leaders. Another good question to ask is one that was asked almost 400 years ago in terms of life itself: In Leviathan (1661) Hobbes said that "Man's life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." As...
Reflecting on the lessons of why some seemingly excellent institutions' leaders turn evil The recent ITV series "Mr Bates vs the Post Office" has shed light on the problem of toxic leadership at the highest levels of the UK Post Office. But is it just the Post Office, or does it illustrate how insensitive the Government...
