British research suggests that up to 50 per cent of business managers could have psychopathic or similar tendencies.
The study carried out by the British Psychological Society says such managers are often articulate and confident, but can be unpredictable, self indulgent and lacking in empathy.
Psychology Professor Adrian Furnham says manipulative characteristics are often rewarded in the business world.
"Beware of the following individual, the good looking, educated, articulate and very bold and self confident leader," he said.
"If somebody says to you 'I can take this company to the next level' beware, it might be a manifestation of narcissism rather than ability."
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If business 'successes' are predicated upon aggressive narcissism, what does that say about present 'business' models?
Too much Straussian influence?
It would seem to me there is altogether too much 'busyness' in this world but how do we go about weeding out psychopathy before it can do damage to the rest of us?
A thorough search of this site will provide the answers (with thanks to Laura for her incisive research) but not necessarily the mechanism...
Until there is a global paradigm shift I believe we must fall back on Gandhi's observation that 'the world has enough for everyones need but never enough for some peoples greed'
Are we all following the Conrad Black pre-trial nonsense? A good case in point!