gatchgirl
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Danger signs
If the corporate psychopath sounds like someone you know, grab and pen and try this quick quiz, including the kinds of questions used in Paul Babiak and Robert Hare's Business Scan 360.
Answer Yes or No to the following questions:
1. Does the boss or workmate in question come across as smooth, polished and charming?
2. Do they turn most conversations around to a discussion about them?
3. Do they discredit or put others down in order to build up their own image and reputation?
4. Can they lie with a straight face to their co-workers, customers, or business associates?
5. Do they consider people they've outsmarted or manipulated to be stupid?
6. Are they opportunistic, ruthless, hating to lose and playing to win?
7. Do they come across as cold and calculating?
8. Do they sometimes act in an unethical or dishonest manner?
9. Have they created a power network in the organization, then used it for personal gain?
10. Do they show no regret for making decisions that negatively affect the company, shareholders or employees?
If you scored at least 6 out of 10, there's a good chance you've already met what is known as an industrial or "corporate psychopath."
Source: Paul Babiak, PhD, and Robert D. Hare, PhD. Copyright 2005 Multi-Health Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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12-07-2006 01:47
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meridianday
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Aye, that'll be my last manager, Colin. I can answer yes on his behalf to 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Question 2 I suspect is also yes, but I never reached a level in his little world to hear him do it.
10 is a definite, when I consider how he's tried to get people fired who weren't even on his team, purely on the basis of jealousy, and how he's manipulated a past redundancy/re-hire situation to get the person he wanted (easily led and manipulated and wouldn't argue with him) rather than the person better at the job who would have blown the whistle on what was going on in his team and with his product.
So that's 9.5 out of 10 for him. I'm very glad to have got away from him 16 months ago.
I'd have trouble answering yes to even one of those questions for the lovely manager I have now. Unfortunately, he's moved over temporarily to another area of the company but he's left his team leader to do his job, and since he's mentored the team leader on how to do it, he's doing it in a very similar way. It's the way things ought to work, really.
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12-07-2006 08:20
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