Psychopaths in the Workplace

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Exercise caution in the workplace. Maybe there are friends, colleagues, subordinates, or the staff who suffer a psychopath. According to a criminal psychologist, Dr. John Clarke, patients in the workplace psychopath always have a cunning plan, which could harm and even destroy you. From the various studies are known, one percent of working adults suffer a mental illness is.

Psychopath comes from the word psyche (soul) and pathos (disease).

But he was different to a madman (schizophrenia). For a psychopath is fully aware of his actions.

According to Robert Hare, who has conducted research for 25 years, a psychopath, always and a complicated camouflage. Distort facts, lie, manipulate, steal, and spread slander to get the satisfaction and benefit themselves.

All the more true psychopath. He can destroy morale, careers, and reputations of others.

Characteristics

How do people with psychopathic traits? According to Clarke, some traits of personality and behavior patterns need to be identified, so that someone can be spared from unnatural behavior.

First, do not feel guilty. The patient had never regretted the act of cunning, no matter how many people have become victims.

They like to stab in the back. For example, claiming the work as his partner. Or trying to impose his partner both name.

Second, from the view breathtaking. Fond great great talk, but no real work. He preferred to deal privately and avoid group meetings, so many people unmasked unknown.

Third, manipulative, or the system to bend the rules for corporate self-interest Fourth, parasitic, seeking an award from the work of others.

Fifth, a pathological liar. This differs from the master liar. If caught, they put forward various excuses to search for survivors.

Sixth, erratic behavior. He had only basic emotions (happy, sad, and angry). Substitution among emotion happened very quickly: one minute happy, angry one minute, one minute longer sad.

Psychopathic patients seeking friendship with people who have a higher position in order to feel protected.

But they will undermine, once friends with the boss, and trying to pursue a position in the company.

According to Clarke, there are two weapons that can be used to protect you from psychopaths, namely education and teamwork.

Identify the correct behavior and their properties. Create rules that restrict the movement of personnel psychopath.

In addition, the form works teams that can make them helpless. Create a work environment that familial approach, so that psychopaths do not have a chance to move.


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