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Psychopathic Leadership

Good, Bad, & Downright Ugly

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Language:  English
This book outlines what the differences are in terms of the “psychological make-up” between a good, bad, and downright ugly psychopathic leader.
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The book is written for individuals who may be experiencing dysfunctional behaviour at work i.e., bullying etc and provides “insights” as to why people behave as they do (managers, leaders, peers). It is also useful reading for HR professionals involved with the leadership selection and development process.

About the author

Dorothy Ann Spry MSc, is an Organisational Psychologist and the Managing Director of True North Leaders, a psychological insights consultancy consisting of a team of Organisational, Health, and Consumer Psychologists. All of our psychologists are qualified to British Psychological Society standards, and are specifically trained to work within organisational settings.  

Dorothy has actively been involved in the development of a suite of organisational climate surveys called Image Pro (Marlow and Spry 2016), which provides an organisation with a “temperature reading”. This establishes the likely causes of, amongst other symptoms, poor productivity, low morale and increases in staff turnover. The surveys uncover the hidden drivers of poorly adjusted organisational behaviour such as bullying, toxic leadership behaviours, gender, age and racial stereotyping, and other antisocial, anti-team building behaviours.

She has authored numerous business management books and research articles on topics such as: Psychometric Testing; Emotional Intelligence; Anger Management and Authentic Leadership coaching. In 2007, she won the UK national training award for her contribution towards learning and development interventions within organisational settings.

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
    1. Introduction 
    2. Overview of this e-book 
  3. What is psychopathic leadership?
    1. Checklist 
    2. Mask of Sanity 
    3. Psychopathic Leadership in the Movies 
    4. Psychopathic Leadership Descriptor 
  4. Psychopaths career choices 
    1. Most and Least popular Career Choices   
  5. The dark triad 
    1. The Dark Triad 
    2. Narcissism 
    3. Productive Narcissists 
    4. High Dose Narcissists 
    5. Narcissistic Personality Disorder 
    6. Case Study 
    7. Machiavellianism   
    8. Machiavellianism – Why! I can smile!! 
    9. Psychopathy – Dark Triad Overlap 
  6. Psychopathic leadership – Good, bad & downright ugly
    1. Good Psychopathic Leadership 
    2. How can this be?   
    3. Bad Psychopathic Traits – Power has gone to their heads
    4. Downright Ugly Psychopathic Leadership   
    5. Bullying at Work 
    6. Brain Activity 
    7. Case Study   
  7. Screening for psychopathic traits 
    1. Screening for Psychopathic Traits 
    2. Successful Psychopaths 
    3. Psychopathic Organisations 
    4. Checklist 
  8. Undress the sheep to find the wolf 
    1. Undress the Sheep to find the Wolf
    2. Patrons and Pawns 
    3. The Puppets and the Puppeteer 
    4. Abandonment – Step 3   
    5. Psychopathy Check List 
  9. Emotional intelligence – The pros and the cons 
    1. Emotional Intelligence – the pros
    2. High Emotional Intelligence – The Pros
    3. Low Emotional Intelligence – The Cons 
  10. Measuring for toxic traits 
    1. Psychometric Testing
    2. Organisational Climate Surveys 
  11. The rise of the authentic and empathic leader
    1. Authentic and empathic leadership 
    2. Healthy profit margins and healthy employees
  12. Final thoughts
  13. References
About the Author

Dorothy Spry