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PIERCE THE FACADE; TOPPLE THE NARCISSIST
The small Hitlers are around us every day.—ROBERT PAYNE
PAULINE INITIALLY IMPRESSED the clinic’s employees with her “vision” for what the clinic could become and her “I’ve got it all together” persona, but many grew to despise her.
Even though head nurse Molly never complained about Pauline’s treatment of her to other employees, the stories flying across the clinic’s grapevine made it clear that Pauline had gunned for the popular, highly respected Molly from day one. When Molly resigned ten months before her planned retirement date, several employees wept. Pauline hadn’t expected this; she’d thought she’d made it clear that Molly’s antiquated ways got in the way of progress.
The other staff members ...
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