Evolution and the Problem with Modern Leadership
Kaiser, R.B. (2010, April). Evolution and the Problem with Modern Leadership. Symposium presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Today’s headlines, blogs, and newsfeeds are replete with examples of leadership gone wrong. If politicians aren’t having affairs, taking kickbacks, or deceiving the public then executives seem to be cooking the books, looting the corporate till, and making bad decisions that destabilize corporate institutions and national economies. Why are we having such a leadership crisis? This session explores the possibility that the kinds of leaders who are promoted, celebrated, and rewarded today are dramatically at odds with the kind of leadership we evolved to prefer because it was important to human survival in our ancestral past. Getting back to basics can better define the problem and suggest solutions for dealing with all this monkey business.
Robert B. Kaiser (Chair), Kaplan DeVries Inc.
- Nigel Nicholson, London Business School, THE ADAPTIVE CHALLENGE OF LEADERSHIP Download slides
- Robert Hogan, Hogan Assessment Systems, PUTTING LEADERSHIP IN (EVOLUTIONARY) CONTEXT Download slides
- David Winsborough, Winsborough Limited, WHAT FOLLOWERS WANT: LEADERSHIP CONSIDERED FROM BELOW AND LONG AGO Download slides
- Robert B. Kaiser, Kaplan DeVries Inc., RIGHT OR RESPONSIBILITY? THE COSTS OF REAL LEADERSHIP Download slides
- Richard Arvey, National University of Singapore Business School, DISCUSSANT
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