Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails
Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails Today's business leaders maintain a higher profile than their predecessors did in the 1950s through the 1980s. According to psychoanalyst,…
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Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails
Today's business leaders maintain a higher profile than their predecessors did in the 1950s through the 1980s. According to psychoanalyst, anthropologist, and consultant Michael Maccoby, this love of the limelight often stems from their personalities--in a narcissistic personality. Rather than hide behind the corporate veil, they give interviews to magazines like Business Week, Time, and the Economist.
But narcissists can also lead companies into trouble by refusing to listen to the advice and warnings of their managers. That is both good and bad news: Narcissists are good for companies that need people with vision and the courage to take them in new directions. So what can the narcissistic leader do to avoid the traps of his own personality?
Maccoby argues that today's most innovative leaders are not consensus-building bureaucrats; they are "productive narcissists" with the