In Snakes in Suits, Hare, an expert on the scientific study of psychopathy, and Babiak, an industrial and organizational psychologist and a leading authority on the corporate psychopath, examine the role of psychopaths in modern corporations and provide the tools employers can use to avoid and deal with them.
They never feel guilt. They are not lying under every rock nor do they occupy every office, but unfortunately, more and more "snakes" are filling leadership positions in Corporate America. Babiak and Dr. Hare reveal the secret lives of psychopaths, explain the ways in which they manipulate and deceive, and help you to see through their games. This could have been about a third of the length and not lost content.
In Snakes in Suits, Hare, an expert on the scientific study of psychopathy, and Babiak, an industrial and organizational psychologist and a leading authority on the corporate psychopath, examine the role of psychopaths in modern corporations and provide the tools employers can use to avoid and deal with them. This book is pretty good. It is VERY repetitive. Maybe he simply has never run into a psychopath that does not cause (much) pain.Some examples of psychopaths doing well in sales didn’t add up with the fact that psychopaths don’t really plan on doing much for their companies.I didn’t get the last section talking about how jerks are more successful with women than I find Snakes In Suits to be a bit sensationalist in a way that it wants to represent psychopaths as these effective, cold-blooded machines with a target for the top spot.In my opinion, Snakes In Suit exaggerates the power and the ability that most psychopaths have to climb ladders. She disguised it all by terrorizing staff, and then could be charming and articulate when needed.I read a book on psychopathy some years ago and it...disturbed me. She disguised it all by terrorizing staff, and then could be charming and articulate when needed.Excellent book. They have a tendency to distort the truth to suit their own cause and make themselves look good at the expense of others.They will spread lies and rumors about others in order to make themselves appear better and to manipulate the people they want to control.There is a complete lack of any remorse, guilt and They are never wrong. In Snakes in Suits, Hare, an expert on the scientific study of psychopathy, and Babiak, an industrial and organizational psychologist and a leading authority on the corporate psychopath, examine the role of psychopaths in modern corporations and provide the tools employers can use to … But it combines the clinical description of a disorder with mass-market fiction to an uninspired conclusion. They make what are otherwise complicated topics accessible for the layperson. Since then I've read several books about the phenomena.Very recently I found out that a coworker of mine was misrepresenting me and my work to others in the company and vice versa, setting up a destructive conflict between administrative divisions. Psychopaths. Most enjoyable aspect: reading between the lines about the inescapable fear of litigation Americans seem to operate under... and which clearly hamstrings not only business people but anyone wishing to operate with a modicum of common sense. Anyone who does not fall for the brainwashing of the sociopath is sooner or later kicked out of the circle and then wildly disparaged by the remaining members of his/her group.Once you are able to detect these traits in an individual, you are better able to avoid the trap of recruiting them.
Snakes in Suits does explain this insofar as itI'm generally not that critical of pop business/pop psychology / pop economic books. A psychopath is a charismatic con artist skilled at playing the role to get the job. We've seen some obvious results of their presence in the economic disasters beginning with the Savings and Loan Crises of the 1980s and continuing today with this longest Recession in US history.
They can never apologize. He/she is a compulsive liar and won't hesitate in manipulating and exploiting people to get what they want.
Awareness is the first step. Babiak and Dr. Hare reveal the secret lives of psychopaths, explain the ways in which they manipulate and deceive, and help you to see through their games. Over the past decade, Snakes in Suits has become the definitive book on how to discover and defend yourself against psychopaths in the office.
If a sociopath is presented with a collection of facts, documents and evidence showing that he lied or deceived, he will If you really try to nail a sociopath down to answering a documented allegation, they will quickly turn on you, denounce you, and declare that you too are secretly plotting against them. Looking at where there was a […] This book delves into the ramifications of working alongside, above, or under a person who is 'suffering' from psychopathy. And given the recent news of corporate malfeasance, ponzi schemes, and zealous greed driving economic policy, I had hoped to more fully understand how a limited number of corrupt individuals could unravel multinational companies and world markets and what sort of characters they might be. And the effects it could have when it is missed or seen too late.Basically comes down to helping you identify psychopathic behaviour. 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.
Just downgraded because I found it too long for what I wanted to get out of it. The mask of good (and on many occasions, outstanding performance) short term can fool even the best of leaders. They charm you and spit you out when you are of no use to them.
I have been a little consumed of late dealing with a psychopath who insists upon forcing himself upon our lives. Everything written, everything clear.