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By Simone Janson (More) • Last updated on October 14.01.2024, XNUMX • First published on 21.09.2016/XNUMX/XNUMX • So far 7395 readers, 2748 social media shares Likes & Reviews (5 / 5) • Read & write comments
Ruthless, efficient to the point of dropping, Money- and power hungry - often the guarantor for entry into the executive floor. But what many employees accept as normal may in fact be a mental disorder that is said to affect 10 in XNUMX top executives in the US.
He just has Executive invited the employee in with a friendly nod - and suddenly he roared hysterically. He was actually only asked about vacation planning for the coming half-year.
For the staff, however, this is nothing new: substantive discussions bring nothing. They have, therefore, for a long time, arranged themselves with the cheeks of the boss - with avoidance: unpleasant subjects are kept away from Boss as far as possible. This ensures peace of mind. But many important decisions are not taken. Productive work? Wrong!
It is not uncommon for bosses to display psychopathic traits. In a Onlinesurvey asked Australian scientists Anthony Don Erickson, Ben Shaw and Zha Agabe about their experiences with bad bosses. Of the 240 participants, 64 percent said their bosses were lousy despite their Appear nothing happened or they were even promoted.
The American psychologists Paul Babiak and Robert D. Hare, authors of the book "Humblers or Managers: Psychopaths at Work" assume that one in ten top managers in the United States is a psychopath.
Attention: Not everyone who behaves strange or has a misfiring is also a psychopath. Psychopaths are often very charming, amiable, well educated, and conversational. However, they are also good actors who know how to hide their mistakes for a while.
From a strictly scientific point of view, the term “psychopath” is even wrong: Instead, psychologists today speak of sociopathic personalities, of anti-social or dissocial personality disorders, which also occur in stages.
Because the limits to the normal Behavior can be fluent. What is characteristic of psychopaths is that they actually have no compassion or genuine interest in others People have, but that you only care for yourself and yours Success interested. According to neurological findings, you function Brain apparently different from that of other people.
So writes Dr. Werner Fuchs in a review of "Menschenschinder oder Manager: Psychopaths at work": "As a reader, I would like more clues as to why psychopaths have no conscience. After all, there are interesting answers to this question from emotional psychologists and neuroscientists. And I would also like to know what was the reason why I was able to rein in my own psychopathic potential, what the adverse career person has to do with me and what will become of less career-savvy and clever psychopaths. ”
But the fact that these people in particular have so many careers is no coincidence for the researchers: at first glance, they appear courageous and capable of making unpleasant decisions. In fact, other people and negative The consequences simply don't matter. She act enormous confident and convincing of others, but are often just self-important and self-absorbed.
And a goal-oriented approach is also a quality that is well received in professional life at first glance: Such people are often real workhorses, efficient to the point of dropping; Psychopaths are really only interested in succeeding and winning at all costs. And because they have few friends, they spend most of their time in the Office .
In the long term, however, such bosses are not only for their employees, but also for that Companies a Problem, like management consultant Reinhard Sprenger, author of the book “Mythos Motivation: ways out of a dead end” explains: “Short-term successes are paid for with long-term damage. Because psychopaths in pinstripes are self-optimizers. They never support that Performance others, they only nurture their own talents”.
The result: the working atmosphere improves sustained poisoned and good employees are expelled. Because in the environment of psychopaths only stays voluntarily, who don't Alternatives has. This is exactly what the researchers unanimously advise people who suffer from psychopathic bosses or colleagues: avoid them as much as possible or as much as possible fast seek the distance.
Not every bad boss is like a psychopath. Nevertheless, discussing is often little, it is more sensible to reconcile with the quirks of the different types and react accordingly.
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Simone Janson is publisher, Consultant and one of the 10 most important German bloggers Blogger Relevance Index. She is also head of the Institute's job pictures Yourweb, with which she donates money for sustainable projects. According to ZEIT owns her trademarked blog Best of HR – Berufebilder.de® to the most important blogs for careers, professions and the world of work. More about her im Career. All texts by Simone Janson.
I see it the same way - then it's time :)
Thanks for this great comment. The fact that as an employee you can choose your boss - unfortunately, this wisdom has not yet got around too far in Germany.
Good employees always have a choice and that of course means that they can “almost” choose their boss. I would never stay in a company where bosses bullied me or treated me unfairly. I am of the opinion that we should first try to give a boss his chance. However, this always includes the courage to face him (or her) and confront him with the untenable situation. That is damn difficult and will certainly be unfamiliar for some bosses, but in my opinion it is the only way to make a difference. If we run away right away, we'll never change anything. But wanting to change something only makes sense if the company philosophy is right and the boss sees his opportunity as this.
Excellent article that can not say more aptly: RT @SimoneJanson: Help, my boss is crazy:
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