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Lies, Self-Love and Paranoia
Adrian Furnham discusses the types of dysfunctional managers found only too often at the top of organisations.
Adrian Furnham
Professor of Psychology at University College London.
Recent research compared the personalities of in-mates of a maximum security prison and successful CEOs of quoted companies. The game, of course, was to find similarities rather than differences. And this is indeed what was found. The groups are most similar on three personality disorders; anti-social, narcissistic and paranoid.
.................The narcissistic manager is marked by grandiosity (in fantasy or behaviour), need for admiration, and lack of empathy. Self-centred, selfish, egotistical: they are everywhere in business – alas. They are self-important and exaggerate their successes and talents, expecting to be recognised as superior without commensurate achievements. Most are preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance and money. They believe they are special and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions). They may try to ‘buy’ themselves into exclusive circles.
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