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Abagnale, Frank, 127

above-average effect, 37, 123, 141

abusive work environments, effect of, 11–12

Accenture, 17

accountability. See consequences

accounting practices, fraudulent, 120–21

“Acting with Power” (Gruenfeld), 98–99

Adams, Susan, 12

addiction programs, 52

administrative costs and executive power, 159–62

ADP Screening and Selection Services, 116

agency theory, 167–68

Ailes, Roger, 198

airline industry

    customer discomforts, 1

    employees first companies, 157, 169

    employee wage and benefit cuts, 2, 149–50, 160

    leaders’ failure to accept responsibility for problems, 165

    and quality movement, 185

Alcoa board of directors, 215–16

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 52

Allen, Paul, 199

altruism. See concern for the well-being of others

Amazon, 1

Amelio, Gil, 151

American Society for Training and Development (ATSD), 10

Anderson, Cameron, 73

Apotheker, Léo, 159–60

Apple, 125–26. See also Jobs, Steve

Apprentice, The (television program), 64

arbitrary dismissal, state laws on, 174

Armstrong, J. Scott, 28

Asian Americans, 76, 77–78, 95–96

attitudes follow behaviors, 95

“at will” employment doctrine, 174

Australian Graduate School of Management, 34

authenticity and relationships, 94. See also authentic leadership; inauthentic leadership

authentic leadership

    overview, 92–93, 102–3

    argument against, 93–95

    authentic leadership movement, 89–91

    frequency of occurrence/base rates, 91–92

    human nature vs., 100–103

Authentic Leadership Institute, 89–90

authoritarian leaders, 179–81, 189

bad apple theory of leadership failures, 2–3

bank failures, 1

banking relationship inertia, 148

barriers to entry into leadership field, ix–x, 24–25, 32

Bartz, Carol, 47

base rates of authentic leadership, 91–92

Behar, Howard, 183–84

behaviors

    attitudes follow behaviors, 95

    behaving badly to do good, 207–10

    changing, 50–54

    consistency in groups, 211

    consumer purchasing, 124–26

    effect of situations on, 100–103

    as function of its consequences, 215

    predictors of future behavior, 143–44, 213–15

    See also social norms

benefit practices of employers, 148–50

Ben & Jerry’s, 160–61

Bennis, Warren, 206

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (movie), 39

Bezos, Jeff, 199

Bianchini, Gina, 87–88

Bienen, Harry S., 216

Blake, John, 128

Booz (consulting firm), 15

Borland Software, 114

Bosk, Charles, 213

Bradley, Bill, 63

Branson, Richard, 157

breaches of trust, 152–53

Brooks, Rebekah, 197

Brown, Tina, 199

Built to Last (Collins and Porras), 213

bullies, 10–12

Burns, George, 90

Byrne, John, 214

Calacanis, Jason, 150–51

career well-being, 173. See also self-care

Carnegie, Andrew, 190

Catch Me If You Can (movie), 127

CD-ROM technology, 140

Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University, 17

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 22

change

    circumstances changing behaviors, 151–52

    not produced by inspirational stories, 50–54

    in roles and personalities, 100–103

    in workplaces, 181–84, 191–92

charisma and narcissism, 75

charismatic or transformational leadership, 24–25

cheater’s high, 123

cheating, 51, 137

Churchill, Winston, 189

Cialdini, Robert, 144, 178

civil servants and lying, 111–12

Clapper, James, 111–12

Clarke, Thurston, 97

Clinton, Bill, 130

cognitive biases, 37–39

cognitive dissonance, avoidance of, 181

cognitive laziness, 144

Cohen, Marshall, 216

colleges and universities

    and athlete injuries, 173

    coach behaviors, 214–15

    leadership programs, 10

    student evaluations, 28

Collins, Jim, 64–65, 67–68, 68–69, 195–96, 213

compensation consultants, 24

competition and lying, 113–14

competition and self-interest, 190–91

Complications (Gawande), 207–8

concern for the well-being of others

    overview, 60, 204–5

    inducing concern, 167–70

    servant leadership, 155–59

Conference Board, Nielsen report for, 12, 15

conferences and training

    demand for inspiration, 33–34

    entertainment vs. fulfilling needs, 25, 29, 35

    learning from rare or random events, 47, 49–50

    measuring participant satisfaction, 27–28

    overconfidence from, 55–57

    servant leadership, 156

    See also inspiration and inspirational stories

confirmation bias, 72, 73, 76, 107–8, 137

Conley, Chip, 184

connections and disconnections, 218–20

Conscious Capitalism movement, 211

consequences

    of abusive environments, 11–12, 13

    behaviors as function of, 215

    of beliefs about yourself, 96

    of believing myths and stories, 40–50, 202–3

    from delivering bad news, 201–2

    employees wage and job cuts, 159–62, 165, 215, 218–19

    of inspirational stories, 202–3

    lack of, for incompetence, 213–18

    lack of, for lying, 106, 111–15, 118–19, 120–22

    lack of, for untrustworthiness, 138, 141–43, 146

    positive consequences of lying, 122–28

    See also job losses, leaders

consumer choice study, 129–30

consumer purchasing behavior, 124–26

contract violations by organizations, 152–53, 172–73, 178

cooperative cultures, 176–79, 188, 191

Corporate Leadership Council, 17

Costolo, Dick, 20–21

credentials of leaders, ix–x, 24–25, 111, 115–16

Crew, Rudy, 219–20

Critical Human Capital Issues Survey, Institute for Corporate Productivity, 17

criticism and insiders, 202

cynicism from seeing hypocrisy, 41–42

Danziger, Pamela, 140–41

“Dark Side of Charisma, The” (Gladwell), 75

data

    confirmation bias and exposure effect vs., 73

    encouraging employees to find, 107

    and innate desire to ignore negative evidence, 49

    reliability of, 35–36

Davis-Blake, Alison, 85–86

DaVita (kidney dialysis provider), 30, 107, 168, 169

Debow, Daniel, 147–48

deception

    exploiting relationships, 134

    of others, 118–19, 122–23

    self-deception, 38–39, 129, 179–81

    See also lies and lying

decoupling and rationalization, 129–30

Deming, W. Edwards, 185–86

democracy, 189–90

Denrell, Jerker, 49

design thinking, 205

Detroit, Michigan, 152

Development Dimensions International (DDI) Global Leadership Forecast, 18

dictatorships, 179–81, 189

differential selection, 211

Digital Research, Inc. (DRI), 139–40

Dimon, Jamie, 151

disconnections and connections, 218–20

distrust

    overview, 143–44

    benefits of creating distrust, 146–52

    costs of, 150

    See also trust and trustworthiness; untrustworthiness

diverging interests, 19–21

Dolnick, Ben, 38

Dorsey, Jack, 21

Dubow, Craig, 215

Dunlap, Al, 214

Dyson, Michael, 48

Ebbers, Bernard, 179–80

Economic Policy Institute, 159

economics and self-interest, 190

ecosystem and leader actions, 210–11

Edelman Trust Barometer, 135, 150

Edmondson, Amy, 49

Edmondson, David, 116

Effron, Marc, 122–23

Eich, Brendan, 1

either-or thinking, 212–13

Ellison, Lawrence J. “Larry,” 113, 199

Emanuel, Rahm, 63

emotions, positive, 88–89

employees

    arbitrary dismissal laws, 174

    and “at will” employment doctrine, 174

    beliefs about management, 136

    blame for organizational problems, 165

    and bullying leaders, 10–12

    and company acquisition or bankruptcy, 148–50

    dissatisfaction of, 6, 12, 13, 18

    empowering to be adults, 156, 191

    engagement of, 12–13, 123, 169

    expectations for reciprocity from company, 171–73, 177–79

    faith in leaders, 179–81

    false claims of, 110

    future as focus for raises and incentives, 171–73, 174–175

    interaction barriers between leaders and employees, 163–64, 169

    job insecurity, 174, 175–76

    retail employees, 181–82

    self-interest as a guiding principle, 187–92

    and servant leadership, 158–59

    turnover rate, 56, 66

    wage and job cuts, 159–62, 165, 215, 218–19

    whistle-blowers, 119–20, 128

    See also workplaces

endowment effect, 66–67

engagement of employees, 12–13

Enron Corporation, 75, 128, 180

entertainment, fulfilling needs vs., 25, 29, 35

entrepreneurs, 41, 79, 87–88, 146, 150–51

Escape from Freedom (Fromm), 179

ethical issues of lying, 116–17

Evans, Harold, 138–39

evolutionary psychology, 38–39

Ewert, Doug, 45, 46

executive coaches, 15, 53–54

executive compensation levels, 81, 82, 159–62

executive search business, 116

exposure effect, 73

failure, learning from, 49

fair exchange vs. moral obligation, 178

Fastow, Andy, 128

fearless dominance, 79

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 198–99

Fel-Pro, Skokie, Illinois, 182–83

Ferrazzi, Keith, 52, 143

Few Good Men, A (movie), 201

Fighting Chance, A (Warren), 202

film industry business idea takeover, 144–46

financial crisis (2007 and beyond), 79, 108, 215–17

Fiorina, Carly, 2, 159, 160, 197

Flexner, Abraham, ix

Forgive and Remember (Bosk), 213

Fornell, Claes, 157

Fortune magazine cover curse, 67–68

Fox News, 198

fraudulent accounting practices, 120–21, 179–80

fraudulent claims, 136–38

Freeman, John, 159

Freud, Sigmund, 40

Fromm, Erich, 179

Fuld, Richard, 1–2

future as focus for businesses, 171–73, 174–75

Gallup Leadership Institute, 90

Gallup Organization, 12–13

Gandossy, Robert, 24, 27

Gates, Bill, 138–40, 142, 199

Gawande, Atul, 207–8

General Electric (GE), 37

General Motors, 3, 165

Gentry, Bill, 16

George, Bill, 36–37, 91

Give and Take (Grant), 188

Gladwell, Malcolm, 75

Glass Door, 58

global leadership development (GLD), 27, 28

Global Leadership Forecast, Development Dimensions International (DDI), 18

goal setting, 53

Godtfredsen,Taavo, 54

Goffman, Erving, 99

Goldsmith, Marshall, 53–54

Goodnight, Jim, 30, 157, 183

Good to Great (Collins), 64–65, 68–69, 195–96

Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 209–10

Grant, Adam, 188

Great Place to Work Institute, 135

group survival, 19–20

Grove, Andy, 99

Gruenfeld, Deborah, 98–99

Hamlet (Shakespeare), 57

Hannan, Michael, 159

Haran, Uriel, 152–53

Hardrick, Kyle, 173

Harrah’s Entertainment/Caesars, 108, 109–10

Harris Poll, 17

Hauser, Robert, 22–23

Heidrick & Struggles, 116

Herman Miller, 160–61

heroic, mythical leaders, 46–50, 110

hero worship, overcoming, 57–61, 191

Hewlett-Packard, 30, 159–60, 168

hierarchical companies and lying to employees, 123

Hippel, William von, 39

Hochschild, Arlie, 88–89

Hoover, J. Edgar, 198–99, 200

humanizing leaders, 48–49

human nature

    attraction to familiarity, 73, 142–43

    avoidance of truth, 201–3

    becoming habituated, 153

    as good and evil, 212

    and leaders’ expectations, 124

    need for security, 180

    reacting to similarity and dissimilarity, 162–63

    social networks, 52, 142, 151, 188, 197

    voluntary acceptance of authoritarians, 179–81

humility. See modesty

Hurd, Mark, 2, 159

hypocrisy

    cynicism from seeing, 41–42

    moral licensing, 54–55

Iacocca, Lee, 68

IBM, 139–40, 142

IDEO, 205

immodesty

    overview, 71–72

    effects of, 78–82

    meta-analysis of leadership studies, 74–75

    modesty vs., 68–69

    and success, 72–74

    See also narcissists and narcissism; self-confidence; self-promotion

implicit contracts, 172–73, 178

implicit egotism, 66–67, 163

impression-management strategies, 77. See also narcissists and narcissism

inauthentic leadership

    emotion management skills, 89

    examples of, 85–88

    and personal change over time, 94–95, 100–103

    research on, 88–89

    useful inauthenticity, 95–100

individual vs. group interests, 20–21

inertia in banking relationships, 148

informational environment/cues, 50–51

inspiration and inspirational stories overview, 21

    and cognitive biases or memory of events, 37–39

    consequences of, 42–47, 202–3

    creating unrealistic expectations for ourselves, 47–50

    cynicism from seeing hypocrisy, 41–42

    demand for, 33–34, 59–60

    fact-checking, 39, 57–59

    failure to produce lasting change, 50–54, 204

    happy oblivion from, 194–95

    as key to being an “expert” on leadership, ix–x, 6

    as legacy for speaker, 35–37

    as myths, 40

    overcoming hero worship, 57–61, 191

    as preference leading to lies, 201–3

    replacing with improvements, 60

    sanctimony-related problems, 54–57

Institute for Corporate Productivity, 17, 27, 28

interaction barriers between leaders and employees, 163–64, 169

interpersonal vs. organizational settings and moral obligations, 177–79

introvert qualities, 86

J. C. Penney, 140–41

job losses, employees, 159–62, 165, 215, 218–19

job losses, leaders

    overview, 6, 14–16, 80, 151–52

    examples of, 20–21, 42–44, 45–46, 47, 214

Jobs, Steve, 114, 125–26, 151, 199, 200

Johnson, Lyndon, 197, 200

Jung, Andrea, 216

just-world phenomenon, 39, 57, 141

Kaplan, David, 113, 138–40

Kazin, Alfred, 97

Kelleher, Herb, 157

Keller, Bill, 97–98

Kellerman, Barbara, 5, 10

Kelley, David, 205

Kennedy, John F., 97, 128

Kildall, Gary, 139–40, 142

Kimberly-Clark, 164

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 48

Kissinger, Henry, 198

Knippenberg, Daan van, 26

Kohn, Melvin, 102

Kovacevich, Richard, 148

Kramer, Roderick, 136–38, 141

Kyl, Jon, 111

labor unions, 165, 174

Lampert, Ed, 2

leaders

    overview, 60–61

    acknowledging tradeoffs, 19

    actions vs. prescribed behaviors, 196–203, 205–7, 218–21

    authoritarians, 179–81, 189

    bullies, 10–12

    charisma of, 24–25

    concern for the well-being of others, 60, 155–59, 167–70, 204–5

    credentials of, ix–x, 24–25, 111, 115–16

    empathy from coming up through the ranks, 166

    executive compensation levels, 81, 82, 159–62

    failures of, 1–2, 4, 16, 163–67

    heroic, mythical leaders, 46–50, 110

    implementation of desirable behaviors, 22–24, 30

    job losses, 6, 14–16, 80, 151–52

    job losses, examples of, 20–21, 42–44, 45–46, 47, 214

    Level 5 leaders, 64–65

    quality of, 16–18

    relationships among, 94

    self-interest as a guiding principle, 187–92

    traits associated with leader effectiveness, 74

    trust breakers, 138–43

    upward mobility through self-promotion, 69, 72–76

    well-being indicators, 21

    See also authenticity; modesty; trust and trustworthiness; truth and truthfulness

leadership

    overview, 8

    acting like a leader, 98–100

    basis for conventional wisdom, vii–viii

    commitment to workplace culture, 30

    connections and disconnections, 218–20

    and employee satisfaction, 13–14

    failures of, 1–4

    qualities, 6–7

    recommendations that aren’t working, 4–5

    “romance of,” 8–9

    servant leadership, 155–59

    traits associated with leader effectiveness, 76

leadership development, 16–17. See also conferences and training

leadership industry

    overview, 4–6, 31

    and authentic leadership movement, 90–91

    exploitation of disconnect between leaders and, 218–19

    models of what should be rather than what is, 203–5

    size of, 8–10

    solutions, 6–8, 26, 27–32

    See also conferences and training

leadership industry failures

    overview, 6, 19, 193–95

    conceptual imprecision, 25–26

    inadequate barriers to entry, ix–x, 24–25, 32

    no base rate for desirable leader behaviors, 22–24, 30–31

    no diverging interests analysis, 19–21

leadership industry solutions

    overview, 6–8, 26

    credentials and scientific methods, 31–32

    leaders’ interests evaluation and measurement, 31

    workplace outcome accountability, 27–31

Leadership Quarterly, 90, 91, 111

Lean In (Sandberg), 96

Lean In movement, 96

Lenovo, 151

Lieberman, Seymour, 100–101, 102

lies and lying

    overview, 105–7, 108, 119

    cheater’s high, 123

    for creating room to make changes, 127–28

    in everyday life, 115–19

    lack of consequences, 106, 111–15, 118–19, 120–22

    positive consequences of, 122–28

    proliferation of, 110–15, 121, 122–24

    recreating reality, 38

    sanctions for, 119–22, 129–30

    as self-fulfilling prophecies, 124–27

    as two parties interacting, 128–30

    Washington cutting down cherry tree story, 105

    See also deception

likeability and humbleness, 67, 72

likeability, short-term, 76

Lincoln (movie), 209–10

Lincoln, Abraham, 128, 209–10

Lipman-Blumen, Jean, 179–80

Loveman, Gary, 86–87, 94, 108–10

Maccoby, Michael, 69–70

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 117, 208–9, 210

Macy’s, 140–41

Madoff, Bernie, 129, 136

management-by-walking-around practice, 169

Mandela, Nelson, 48, 97–98

manipulative ability. See deception; lies and lying

Maritz, 136

Maxwell, William, 38

McKinsey Quarterly, 10, 16–17

measures

    and agency theory, 167–68

    change related to, 51

    conference and training course participant satisfaction, 27–28

    for establishing a base rate, 23–24

    fearless dominance, 79

    improvements based on wrong input, 29

    of leader caring for others, 168–69

    of leaders, 57–59

    leader’s interests, 21, 31

    of narcissism, 70

    of servant leadership, 158

    standards and, 53

media and mentions of leadership, 9

medical diagnoses, avoidance of, 201–2

medical profession

    and education, viii–ix

    as evidence-based science, 30–31

    forgive and remember sentiment, 213

    learning from failure, 49

    and sanitary practices, 22–23

    and therapeutic poisons, 207–8

Medtronic, 36–37

Meindl, James, 8–9

memory of events, 37–39

Mercer human resources consulting firm, 12

mere exposure effect, 73, 142–43, 240n14

Microsoft, 138–40, 142

military scenarios, 155, 166–67, 174

Milken, Michael, 143

Miller, Dale, 54–55, 187–88

Miller, William F., 114

Mintzberg, Henry, 205

mission statement problem, 56

modesty

    overview, 81

    of Asian Americans, 76, 77–78, 95–96

    lack of, 63–64, 68

    in Level 5

    leaders, 64–65

    narcissism vs., 67, 69–71

    and upward mobility, 69

    as useful leadership trait, 65–68

    and well-established positive reputation, 74

    and women, 71, 76–77, 78, 95–97

    See also immodesty; narcissists and narcissism

Monin, Benoît, 54–55

moral licensing, 54–55

moral obligations in organizational vs. interpersonal settings, 177–79

moral rationalization and moral decoupling, 129–30, 152–53

Moran, Rich, 24

motivated cognition, 37–39

motivational effect of inspiration, 50–51

Mott, Meg, 128

Moyers, Bill, 197

Murdoch, Rupert, 183, 197

mythical, heroic leaders, 46–50, 110

Nacach, Sergio, 164

Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), 70, 81, 83

narcissists and narcissism

    compensation of, 81, 82

    extroversion and short-term like-ability, 76

    measures of, 70

    meta-analysis of leadership studies, 74–75

    modesty vs., 67, 69–71

    and presidential performance, 79–80

    success of, 79, 81–82

    See also immodesty; modesty; self-promotion

Nardelli, Robert, 160

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 173

National Health Service, Great Britain, 11

Nayar, Vineet, 157

negotiations, 116–17, 137–38

News Corporation, 183, 197, 198

New York Times, 216

Nielsen Company survey of employees for Conference Board, 12, 15

No Asshole Rule, The (Sutton), 10–11, 199

“Nobody Likes a Rat” (Reuben and Stephenson), 120

norm of reciprocity, 176–79

norm of self-interest, 187–91

norms, 187

Norris, Floyd, 120

notoriety of trust-breakers, 142–43

Oates, Ed, 113

Obama, Barack, 217

O’Neal, Stan, 2, 215–16

optimism

    of narcissists, 74

    and tendency to believe in unreal, 129, 137, 195

    of Vietnam War POWs, 195–96

Oracle Corporation, 113, 120

O’Reilly, Charles, 80–81

organizational malfeasance, 18

organizational vs. interpersonal settings and moral obligations, 177–79

overconfidence, 55–57, 73

Palmer, Donald, 18

Parade magazine, 13

Pasteur, Louis, 22

pensions, 149

performance management systems, 53

Pfeffer, Jeffrey

    comments from students, vii

    executive program participant demanding inspiration, 33–34

    and mission statement problem, 56

    studies of interpersonal vs. organizational settings and moral obligations, 177–79

    supervisory behavior study, 101

    on what’s depressing, 193–94

Podolny, Joel, 126

politicians and lying, 111

Ponzi scheme, Madoff’s, 129, 136

Porras, Jerry, 213

positive emotions, 88–89

power

    and executive compensation, 81, 82, 159–62

    of leaders’ expectations, 124

    from lying, 118–19, 123–24

    need for leaders vs. leader power exploitation, 20

    protecting jobs and salaries with, 159

    as reality buffer, 217–18

    and successful lying, 114–15

priming, effect of, 50–51

Prince, Charles O., 216

Prince, The (Machiavelli), 208–9

Productive Narcissist, The (Maccoby), 69–70

psychological theories

    above-average effect, 37, 123, 141

    cheater’s high, 123

    confirmation bias, 72, 73, 76, 107–8, 137

    fearless dominance, 79

    ignoring negative evidence, 49

    implicit egotism and endowment effect, 66–67, 163

    mere exposure effect, 73, 142–43, 240n14

    moral licensing, 54–55

    motivated cognition, 37–39

    on narcissism, 70–71

    role theory, 100–102

    self-deception, 38–39, 129, 179–81

quality movement, 27, 185–86

rare or random events, learning from, 47, 49–50

rationalization and decoupling, 129–30

Ratner, Rebecca, 187–88

Rattner, Steven L., 216–18

Reality 101 program (DaVita), 169

reality distortion field, 114

reality of organizational life

    overview, 203

    behaving badly to do good, 207–10

    and current ecosystem, 210–11

    and either-or thinking, 212–13

    focusing on actions vs. words, 205–7

    focusing on what is, 203–5

    forgiveness with caveats, 213–18

    returning to, 219–20

reciprocity, employee expectations of, 171–73, 174–76

reciprocity norms, 176–79

Redwoods program (DaVita), 169

Reed, John, 151

relationship between occupation and personality, 102

relationships

    importance of, 94

    interaction barriers between leaders and employees, 163–64, 169

    and lying, 122

    reacting to similarity and dissimilarity, 162–63

    strategic interactions, 142

    and trust, 134–35

    vendor-supplier relations, 150–51

religion, 40, 105–6, 156, 213

retail employees, 181–82

Rice, Mike, 214–15

Right Management, 12

role theory, 100–102

romance of leadership, 8–9

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 128

Ross School of Business, 85–86

Rubin, Amir Dan, 53

Rubin, Harriet, 99–100

Rutgers University, 214–15

Rypple, 147–48

Salancik, Gerald, 101–2

Sales and Marketing Management magazine, 115

sanctimony-related problems, 54–57

sanctions for lies, 119–22, 129–30

Sandberg, Sheryl, 96, 97

sanitary practices in health care, 22–23

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002), 120

SAS Institute, 30, 157, 168, 183

school administrative costs, 159

Schooler, Carmi, 102

science of leadership, 34, 35–36, 52–53. See also data

scientific methods, 30–31

Sculley, John, 126

self-care

    overview, 7

    college athletes, 173

    creating leader-independent systems, 184–86

    reciprocity from organizations unlikely, 171–79

    responsibility for personal well-being, 191

    social norms for, 187–91

    and workplace changes, 181–84, 191–92

self-confidence

    and career advancement, 127

    as entrepreneurial requirement, 87–88

    and income/executive presence, 77–178

    and lying, 118–19, 123–24

    overconfidence, 55–57, 73

    See also narcissists and narcissism

self-deception, 38–39, 129, 179–81

self-enhancement motive, 180

self-fulfilling prophecies, 124–27

self-promotion

    acting like a leader, 98–100

    lying, 114–15

    others’ response to, 67, 72, 82–83

    and success, 96

    upward mobility through, 69, 72–76

    See also narcissists and narcissism

Semmelweis, Ignaz, 22

Shakespeare, William, 57

Silicon Boys, The (Kaplan), 113, 138–40

Sitkin, Sim, 26

skepticism. See distrust

Smith, Adam, 190

Snowden, Edward, 112

soccer “playacting” move, 208

social class and emotion management skills, 89

social environment, 51–52, 130–31

social networks, 52, 142, 151, 188, 197

social norms

    overview, 187

    norm of reciprocity, 176–79

    norm of self-interest, 187–91

social psychology

    attitudes follow behaviors, 95

    and lying in negotiating process, 116–17

    moral licensing, 54

    need for leaders vs. leader power exploitation, 20

    and qualities of leaders, 3–4

    research on lying, 117–18

social science

    distrust of, 41–42

    on informational environment/cues, 50–51

    just-world phenomenon, 39, 57, 141

sociobiology, 19–20

software industry, 113–14, 147–48

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 212

Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey, 64

Sorkin, Andrew Ross, 217–18

Southwest Airlines, 2, 26, 157, 169

sports, 88, 214–15

Staffordshire University, United Kingdom, 11

Starbucks International, 183–84

startups within a larger company’s ecosystem, 150–51

Star Wars movies, 212

state laws on arbitrary dismissal, 174

Steinbrenner, George, 214

Stewart, Martha, 140–41

Stockdale, James, 195–96

Stockdale paradox, 195, 196

Strauss-Kahn, Dominique, 1

Summers, Lawrence, 202

Sutton, Robert “Bob,” 10–11, 56, 199

symbolism of black and white, 212

systemic processes for producing leaders, 3–4

teachers, role of, 204

Team of Rivals (Goodwin), 209–10

They Made America (Evans), 138–39

Thiry, Kent, 107

Thompson, Don, 159

Thompson, Scott, 1

Tindell, Kip, 157

Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), 158–59

transformational or charismatic leadership, 24–25

Trivers, Robert, 39

True North (George), 36–37

Trump, Donald, 63–64

trust and trustworthiness

    as desirable but not essential trait, 134–35

    misplaced trust, 133–34, 139–40, 144–46

    surveys on level of, 135–38

    See also distrust; untrustworthiness

truth and truthfulness

    overview, 130–31, 220

    admonitions in favor of, 106

    lies turning into, 124

    natural avoidance of, 201–3

    workplace culture of, 107–10

    See also lies and lying

Twain, Mark, 117

Twitter, 20–21

universities. See colleges and universities

unrealistic expectations for ourselves, 47–50

untrustworthiness

    breaches of trust, 152–53, 172–73

    company contract violations, 152–53, 172–73, 178

    eliminating former friends or partners, 151–52

    exploiting relationships, 133–34, 138–41

    lack of consequences, 138, 141–43, 146

    poaching idea example, 144–46

upward mobility through self-promotion, 69, 72–76

U.S. military scenarios, 155, 166–67, 174

U.S. presidents’ personalities, 79–80

vendor-supplier relations, 150–51

victims

    blaming, 141–42, 146

    recourse for, 120, 141

Vietnam War POWs, 195–96

Vlerick Business School, 34

Vos, Pierre de, 48

Wachner, Linda, 198

Wagoner, Rick, 1, 160, 165

walking the talk, 58, 206

Wall Street Journal, 183

Walumbwa, Fred, 110–11

Warnaco, 198

Warren, Elizabeth, 202

Washington, George, 105

Watkins, Sherron, 128

Weems, Mason Locke, 105

Weill, Sandy, 151

Weiner, Anthony, 93

Welch, Jack, 37

Wells Fargo, 148

whistle-blowers, 119–20, 128

Whitman, Meg, 2

Whole Foods Market, 160–61

Williams, Evan, 20–21

Williamson, Oliver, 134

women

    and authenticity, 96–97

    and modesty vs. narcissism, 71, 76–77, 78, 95–96

Woods, Tiger, 130

workplaces

    overview, 10–14, 175

    change in, 181–84, 191–92

    commitment to workplace culture, 30

    creating leader-independent systems, 184–86

    culture of truthfulness, 107–10

    democracy in, 189–90

    See also employees; reality of organizational life

WorldCom financial fraud, 179–80

World Cup, 208

Zappos, 169

Zimmer, George, 45–46, 181–82