The Far Side of Leadership: Rather Difficult to Face

Following the line that Gary Larson’s Far Side comics took, we present a surrealistic, though serious view of the “far side” of leadership. We highlight the foibles and follies of the leadership-influencing process, explaining how distance from the leader can produce effects that might seem particularly irrational though which may have some evolutionary explanations (Van Vugt, 2010, 2012). In a way, we present an explanation for the “nice-from-far but far-from-nice” phenomenon.