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Be a psychopath
Do you have a psychopath for a boss?
There are a number of excellent articles and books, such as Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test, highlighting the similarity between psychopaths and some chief executives. It makes a nice story, particularly for anyone who’s suffered under an overweening boss. It also seems to have some research basis.
Psychologists at Surrey University recently found out that three of 11 personality disorders were actually more common in high-level executives than in inmates of Broadmoor Hospital. Traits like narcissism, obsessive compulsion and histrionic disorder helped propel people up the ranks of their professions.
While I’m not advocating walking around in your mother’s wedding dress, or taking ...
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