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The pressures managers face often lead to anxiety-induced misuses of their power, but they can "outsmart" this tendency by cultivating awareness and compassion, a leadership coach says.

In Bosses Behaving Badly, The Change Company founder Dr Paul Donovan says most of today's managers are in "survival mode".

But while that might be "uncomfortable" for them, its effects on those they manage can be "disastrous"...