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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Snakes in Suits: Psychopaths in the Workplaceby Paul Babiak
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Let's say you're about to hire somebody for a position in your company. Your corporation wants someone who's fearless, charismatic, and full of new ideas. Candidate X is charming, smart, and has all the right answers to your questions. Problem solved, right? Maybe not. We'd like to think that if we met someone who was completely without conscience — someone who was capable of doing anything at all if it served his or her purposes — we would recognize it. In popular culture, the image of the psychopath is of someone like Hannibal Lecter or the BTK Killer. But in reality, many psychopaths just want money, or power, or fame, or simply a nice car. Where do these psychopaths go? Often, it's to the corporate world. Researchers Paul Babiak and Robert Hare have long studied psychopaths. Hare, the author of Without Conscience, is a world-renowned expert on psychopathy, and Babiak is an industrial-organizational psychologist. Recently the two came together to study how psychopaths operate in corporations, and the results were surprising. They found that it's exactly the modern, open, more flexible corporate world, in which high risks can equal high profits, that attracts psychopaths. They may enter as rising stars and corporate saviors, but all too soon they're abusing the trust of colleagues, manipulating supervisors, and leaving the workplace in shambles. Snakes in Suits is a compelling, frightening, and scientifically sound look at exactly how psychopaths work in the corporate environment: what kind of companies attract them, how they negotiate the hiring process, and how they function day by day. You'll learn how they apply their "instinctive" manipulation techniques — assessing potential targets, controlling influential victims, and abandoning those no longer useful — to business processes such as hiring, political command and control, and executive succession, all while hiding within the corporate culture. It's a must read for anyone in the business world, because whatever level you're at, you'll learn the subtle warning signs of psychopathic behavior and be able to protect yourself and your company — before it's too late. Review:"Psychopaths are described as incapable of empathy, guilt, or loyalty to anyone but themselves; still, spotting a psychopath isn't easy. Babiak, an industrial and organizational psychologist, and Hare (Without Conscience), creator of the standard tool for diagnosing psychopathology, present a study of the psychopath in the corporate landscape. A common description of psychopathology states that subjects 'know the words but not the music;' Babiak and Hare state that 'a clever psychopath can present such a well-rounded picture of a perfect job candidate that even seasoned interviewers' can be fooled. In between a disposable series of narrative acts that follow a psychopath's progress ('Act I, Scene I - Grand Entrance;' 'Act III, Scene II - An Honest Mistake?' 'Act V, Scene I - Circle the wagons'), thorough research and anecdotes from a number of sources-current literature, news media, and showbiz among them-to illuminate the power of the psychopath to manipulate those around him, as well as what strategies can be used to identify and disarm him. Clear and complete, this is a handy overview for managers and HR, with enough 'self-defense' techniques to help coworkers from getting bit." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Book News Annotation:Babiak, a practicing industrial and organizational psychologist, and
Hare (psychology emeritus, U. of British Columbia) examine the
reasons why psychopaths thrive in the atmosphere of high-risk,
high-commitment organizations and industries. Using a running
scenario, they describe (for non-psychopaths) identifying suspicious
behaviors, dealing with manipulation, playing roles in the
psychopath's drama, having conflicting doubts and observations, and
protecting yourself and your company. They give a number of truly
frightening but mercifully short examples from their own experience.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:A noted corporate psychologist teams up with the author of "Without Conscience" to take 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.
About the AuthorPaul Babiak, Ph.D., is an industrial and organizational psychologist and president of HRBackOffice, an executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in management development and succession planning. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company. He lives in Dutchess County, New York, with his wife. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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