Wed.Dec 07, 2011

Michael Lee Stallard

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When a Psychopath Inhabits the C-Suite

Michael Lee Stallard

This post is a continuance of my prior post on evil in organizational cultures. The “dark triad” — psychopaths, narcissists and machiavellians — represents a small part of the population. What unties this group of destructive personalities is that they lack empathy for other human beings and care only about themselves. Some end up in correctional institutions while others end up in leadership positions where they create dog-eat-dog cultures or cultures that are indifferen