Gas-lighting - the deliberate attempt to invalidate and erode another person's perception of reality by constantly questioning or undermining it - is now a pretty well known term. But it can appear...
Category: Psychopaths in the Workplace
How To Spot A Psychopath In A Job Interview (And Avoid Hiring Them)
We've already covered extensively on this blog how damaging psychopaths are to a company if they allow them in, and then tolerate them. The bottom line is despite superficial appearances, these are...
Psychopaths are the worst types of managers you can have, with a provocative, reaction seeking style and an obsession with power and control over others that can be very oppressive to work under. How...
What Happens When Companies Tolerate Psychopaths? (Brutal Reality)
A lot is written about psychopaths in personal relationships, with the damage they cause now well documented. But what about in workplaces? What happens when a company hires, and then tolerates (even...
What To Do If Your Boss Is Sneaking Around Talking About You (Talking Trash)
This can be a really distressing thing to discover - that your boss has actually been sneaking around your workplace, talking badly about you to colleagues or other management ("trash talking", "bad...
How Psychopaths Behave In The Workplace (Manipulation & Trouble-making)
Once we start researching psychopathy, we understand how toxic and destructive these characters can be, but so much of what has been written about them concerns the damage they cause with their...