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    Understanding Predatory Leadership: The First Step Toward a World Free of War, Corruption and Poverty
    Understanding Predatory Leadership: The First Step Toward a World Free of War, Corruption and Poverty
    Understanding Predatory Leadership: The First Step Toward a World Free of War, Corruption and Poverty
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    Understanding Predatory Leadership: The First Step Toward a World Free of War, Corruption and Poverty

    By Matt Kramer

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    Over the centuries, humanity has been resourceful, creative, brilliant, innovative and expert at solving problems. But within our accomplishments, there are problems that have been impossible to solve. Tragically they represent our worst examples of social injustice. In modern history, the most notable events are identified with Hitler, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Saddam Hussein, Stalin, Milosevic and many others. While evidence of this phenomenon can be found in many ways over the centuries, it also shows up today all around the world.

    Understanding Predatory Leadership begins by asking why so many powerful leaders do a terrible job on behalf of their people. Successful at attaining their positions but despite expectations held by their constituencies, they failed miserably afterwards, fulfilling their own agendas while people suffered under their rule.

    This book's revelations describe the internal thought processes, motivations, lack of internal restraint and the general worldview of people who fail as true leaders yet often remain in leadership positions throughout the strata of society, from domestic relationships to regional governments, within bureaucracies, corporate cultures and nonprofit organizations, in national governments and in other environments controlled by those described as predatory leaders, such as mafias, terrorist groups and operators of human trafficking rings. The resulting database of knowledge explains how, without any evidence of conscience or concern, toxic leaders are able to initiate and sustain actions and policies that cause so much harm to so many around the world.

    The good news is that this knowledge can be used to improve the work of millions of people working worldwide to heal the human condition. Incorporating the data within the premise of predatory leadership, humanitarians will be able to upgrade their diagnostic and problem solving skills, enabling them to make better choices and develop pragmatic and sustainable solutions for resolving their particular causes. As millions of people initiate actions that mitigate opportunities for predatory personalities, civilization will begin to shift from the status quo into a kinder, gentler global society in which no child will ever be denied the opportunity to achieve her or his greatest potential.

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    PublisherMatt Kramer
    Release dateDec 3, 2015
    ISBN9781311282262
    Understanding Predatory Leadership: The First Step Toward a World Free of War, Corruption and Poverty
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    Matt Kramer

    Matt Kramer is one of the world's most distinguished and insightful writers on wine and writer of the classic book Making Sense of Wine. The multi-published author is also a regular contributor to Wine Spectator.

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      Understanding Predatory Leadership - Matt Kramer

      Understanding Predatory Leadership:

      The First Step Toward a World

      Free of War, Corruption and Poverty

      by Matt Kramer

      with contributing articles by

      Joe Brewer, Director of Cognitive Policy Works

      Steve Becker, LCSW, CHT

      Paul Hawken

      Copyright © 2015 Impada, Inc.

      All rights reserved.

      Download available at: http://impada.org

      Published by IMPADA.ORG

      Distributed by Smashwords

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      Edited by Linda Simeone

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      Table of Contents

      Preface

      I - The Nuts and Bolts of Predatory Leadership (PL)

      II - Toward a Solution

      III - The Autobiography of the PL Hypothesis

      IV - Guest Authors

      IMPADA

      International Movement for Peace and Dignity for All

      The mission of IMPADA is to educate and train people to (1) recognize the signs and characteristics of the phenomenon we call predatory leadership and (2) lay the groundwork, through education and support, to develop a robust degree of public awareness and understanding, enabling us to work together to eliminate predatory leadership from the human experience.

      PREFACE

      The predators are praying you don’t educate your child

      - Kwasie Kwaku

      Predatory Leadership is a contemporary condition with ancient roots twisting through the centuries, diligently sustained by the efforts of a small percentage of the population whose policies and agendas reflect their mental, emotional and subconscious investment into attaining their goals, openly or covertly, by any means, with complete disregard or concern for the impact of their actions upon others. On a personal, domestic, corporate, national and international level, elements of narcissistic behavior pervade all realms of predatory leadership; the consequences have resulted in a manipulation and distortion of civilization to the extent that, for many, humanity’s worst expressions of social injustice are normalized as endemic and inevitable. - Matt Kramer, 2014

      We at IMPADA believe there are three kinds of leaders:

      (1) those who help improve the

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