We have a couple more interviews for you today, said Frank. Just some human resources folks, and a meeting with my boss, our vice president, and then lunch and a tour of the surrounding community. No one was surprised when Gus was moved out of his position—except, perhaps, Gus—after Helen made arguments to the executive committee members that implicated him in the original business letdown. She had clever ideas and tremendous energy, and persisted in pushing strongly for what she wanted; she constructed a plausible story line about Gus’s mismanagement that solidly reinforced her business case. Helen was profoundly competitive, dramatic in her engagement with others, and just loved to take center stage and the limelight. Turning the division around gave her the platform she needed for a great career at the company. Overall, she convinced them that she possessed all the leadership traits needed to run a major business. Naturally, she was the choice to replace Gus, and was rewarded by a promotion to his position as COO. In Snakes in Suits, Revised and Updated Edition, Babiak, an industrial and organizational psychologist and a leading authority on the corporate psychopath, and Hare, an expert on the scientific study of criminal psychopathy, examine the role of psychopaths in modern corporations and provide the tools employers and employees can use to avoid and deal with them.

Revised and updated with the latest scientific research and updated case studies, the business classic that offers a revealing look at psychopaths in the workplace—how to spot their destructive behavior and stop them from creating chaos in the modern corporate organization. That won’t be necessary; clearly, one could not ask for a better candidate than Dave, he said as he hung up. Frank was happy to have found someone with the right fit for both the job and the organization, and he didn’t want this one to get away. Gamboto-Burke, Antonella (23 September 2006). "News: Snakes In Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work". The Australian . Retrieved February 27, 2017. Finally, you’ll discover how you can prepare yourself for the unfortunate event of having a psychopath in your life. Because although they’re a rare occurrence, it’s likely you’ll meet one sooner or later, and you don’t want to become their lunch.

Hi, Dave, good to see you again, rang Frank’s voice, beaming from across the room as he approached Dave. How was the trip in? Even in the face of contrary evidence, the psychopath can lie so well that listeners doubt themselves first, rather than question the psychopath.” I would not recommend this book to people who are looking for help in dealing with psychopaths in the workplace OR for people who are interested in studying psychopathy. It reads like a cheap, pop psychology book and wasn't particularly informative or helpful, imho.

The workplace examples were excellent. They brought the point home and are what I remember the most. I don't ever want to work in the corporate world. I’ve heard a bit about your strategic plan from Frank, and I’ve read the company brochure, but I’d like to get the details from you, as the major strategist of the company’s success. How did you do all of this? inquired Dave. Pleased with Dave’s interest in the company’s future, he took some slides from a binder on his bookshelf to show Dave some graphs. John launched into his exposition on his plan. Unbelievable! You really have done a great job orchestrating everything, exclaimed Dave. Naturally, the best defense is to never let them in at all, so the interviewers who make hiring decisions have a great responsibility.By publishing your document, the content will be optimally indexed by Google via AI and sorted into the right category for over 500 million ePaper readers on YUMPU. Before reading this book I was confused by her hostility. I have always performed well and have platinum recommendations. I maintain long friendships with former colleagues, clients and bosses. And so I was contemplating chatting with her and trying to find a mechanism to move forward, this book made it clear that was not the right approach. Hear, hear! they cheered as glasses were emptied and bursts of laughter and applause overtook the room. There was not a sad person in the place that night; quite a change from most Friday nights at O’Hare’s over the past two years. In 2012, an article by Walter Isaacson, the author of the 2011 self-titled biography of Steve Jobs, appeared in the Harvard Business Review connecting Jobs’s personality and leadership style to the overall success Apple enjoyed throughout his reign.

For most people, the mention of the word “psychopath” evokes images of serial killers and evil villains from movies, like the disturbing character of Dr. Hannibal Lecter. But how accurate of a depiction is that, really? Over the past decade, Snakes in Suits has become the definitive book on how to discover and defend yourself against psychopaths in the office. Now Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert D. Hare return with a revised and updated edition of their essential guide. The equation is quite simple: the more members we have, the more reporting and investigations we can do, and the greater the impact on the country. Trust your intuition. While this seems counterintuitive to the first point, you sometimes realize that something is wrong before you can form words to express what that is.Now that you know that corporate psychopaths exist, you may well want to know what you can do when you meet one at work? Besides the tips presented in the previous blink, the work environment presents a few additional considerations. Unfortunately, you’ll probably have to deal with a psychopath at some point in your life. You might not know who you’re dealing with when that happens. Research has also suggested that business has promoted psychopathic managers because of their ruthless willingness to ‘get the job done’… organisational psychopaths are frequently seen as being charming ‘organisational stars’ deserving of awards by those above them (while they subject those below them to intimidation, bullying, and coercion). Successful psychopaths are assumed to have the potential to transform a company’s organisational culture at their pleasing, which others must follow or else exit the company,” they add.