An engaging guide to preventing dark-side behaviour, and dealing with any nasty, negative narcissists we encounter in the workplace.
Preface 1. The incidence and cost of management failure 2. Management derailment 3. Management incompetence and derailment 4. Corrupt countries and sick corporate cultures 5. The criminal personality and criminal gangs 6. Five accounts: Explaining the cause of leadership derailment 7. The successful psychopath at work 8. Arrogance, hubris and narcissism: The overconfident leader 9. The paranoid, schizotypal, histrionic and obsessive-compulsive leader 10. The sick executive 11. Prevention and management of the dark side Bibliography Appendix Index
Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at UCL. He has written over 1000 scientific papers and 70 books and is among the most well-known and productive psychologists in the world, noted for his motivational speaking. Adrian is a newspaper columnist - previously at the Financial Times, now at the Sunday Times.
The dictator, the narcissist, the plain old corrupt - this
whistle-stop tour of where leaders go wrong makes a rollercoaster
read.
*Management Today*
At a time when loyalty, honor, and faithfulness seem old fashioned
and out of date, the business world couldn't be more in need of
this handy guide to identifying and dealing with leaders who are
out for themselves more than the greater good. With penetrating
insight and a ton of research brought to life with powerful
examples, Professor Furnham sheds light on how to prevent a
leader’s dark side from wreaking havoc on employees and the
organization.
*President, Kaiser Leadership Solutions and Editor, Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and Research*
Professor Adrian Furnham has played a pivotal role in highlighting
the potential for disaster in even the most successful of people
through personality attributes that are generally highly regarded
and frequently very effective. His research and numerous
publications have brought this important and fascinating topic to
the attention of a wide international audience of professionals and
to the general public. This very comprehensive and perceptive
treatment is a most welcome addition to the literature.
*Managing Director, PCL*
Adrian Furnham is a rare jewel of a psychologist whose natural
curiosity and enthusiasm for his subject have driven him throughout
his career. In his latest book on the dark side of leadership, his
approach is typically comprehensive in coverage and assured in its
judgments. This book will appeal to a wide range of readers from
scholars, who seek thorough and well-researched treatment of the
subject matter, to leaders and HR professionals who need clues
about how to deal with the awkward few who dominate their lives and
take their time.
*Chairman, Edgecumbe Consulting*
This is an immensely important book, not just for those who are
painfully exposed to cycles of backstabbing and bullying, but in
particular for all of us who want our organizations to yield higher
returns, resilience, flexibility and sustainability. As Adrian
Furnham makes abundantly clear, through examples and statistics,
there is growing evidence of a strong relationship between healthy
leadership and longer-term stock-market success. Conversely, if any
book can help you reflect on (and let go of) your own tendencies
towards backstabbing and bullying, or on how you are keeping the
bullies and backstabbers in place, then it is this one.
*Director of the Ashridge Centre for Coaching*
Many more corporate careers end in failure rather than success.
Professor Adrian Furnham has lifted the lid on this crucial area in
this comprehensive, deeply researched but also highly readable and
entertaining book.
*co-founder and Chairman, YSC London*
The widespread prevalence of managerial incompetence is the dirty
little secret in organizational studies. This book provides a
timely and briskly written survey of the causes, consequences, and
potential remedies of this curse of the working class. Adrian
Furnham is unstoppable.
*Hogan Assessment, Tulsa, Oklahoma*
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