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Book - The Sociopath Next Door - Martha Stout

Behaviour of the serial bully: attention seeker, wannabe, guru and sociopath including industrial psychopath, corporate psychopath and workplace psychopath. Constant criticism, nit-picking, no empathy, control freak, denial, charm, glib, compulsive liar, devious, manipulative?

Behaviour of the serial bully: attention seeker, wannabe, guru and sociopath including industrial psychopath, corporate psychopath and workplace psychopath

Read this On other pages: Serial bully attitudes to life and workSerial Bully character profile Written by Tim Field Foundation. "Serial Bully" is a term that Tim Field coined to describe the character he came to realise was behind the majority of cases that came to his attention when he ran the UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line between 1996 and 2004. Tim's ground-breaking insights and their value to society are recognised by the Tim Field Foundation, which is grateful for the privilege of preserving and updating Tim's work. Introduction This is a bully who will move from one target to another, and whose depravity is only constrained by the realisation that they have to appear normal to fit in among civilised people.

A serial bully could be anyone. Inside the Mind of a Sociopath. This excerpt is from: "The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless vs. the Rest of Us" by Martha Stout Ph.D.

Inside the Mind of a Sociopath

(Broadway Books, New York, 2005, ISBN 0-7679-1581-X). Martha Stout is a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and elaborates on the tales of ruthlessness in everyday life based on her 25 years of practice as a specialist in the treatment of psychological trauma survivors. How to spot a sociopath - 10 red flags that could save you from being swept under the influence of a charismatic nut job.

(NaturalNews) One of the more offensive duties of being an investigative journalist is taking out the trash -- exposing liars, fraudsters, con artists and scammers for the people they truly are.

How to spot a sociopath - 10 red flags that could save you from being swept under the influence of a charismatic nut job

Each time we investigate a sociopath, we find that they always have a little cult group following of spellbound worshippers who consider that particular sociopath to be a "guru" or "prophet. " Sociopaths are masters at influence and deception. Very little of what they say actually checks out in terms of facts or reality, but they're extremely skillful at making the things they say sound believable, even if they're just making them up out of thin air. Here, I'm going to present quotes and videos of some legendary sociopaths who convinced everyday people to participate in mass suicides.

And then I'm going to demonstrate how and why similar sociopaths are operating right now... today. Why cover this subject? #1) Sociopaths are charming. . #4) Sociopaths invent outrageous lies about their experiences. PepsiCo denies accusations on link to aborted fetal cells. Editors' Picks: Ted Cruz thanks Obama for denying visas to terrorists PepsiCo denies accusations on link to aborted fetal cells 41Size: + / -Print | Reprints Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on google_plusone_shareShare on redditShare on linkedinShare on stumbleuponShare on emailMore Sharing Services By Valerie Richardson The Washington Times.

PepsiCo denies accusations on link to aborted fetal cells

Office-Politics » Next victim for sociopath boss and sidekick? Dear Office-Politics, I work for a sociopath.

Office-Politics » Next victim for sociopath boss and sidekick?

He is entertaining, persuasive, an expert in all areas, but he is also arrogant, domineering, a manipulator, a liar, and operates on paranoia. His agenda is self serving yet his position is the general manager. He has one personal confidante for all company decisions. This one individual is a young, inexperienced and an attractive women. Both of them together have terminated about one dozen employees who have challenged their plans to run the show as a team of two despite the consequences. The working conditions are not acceptable yet many of us have worked together for years and formed friendships.

What are the safest options for us to stop the bullying without being terminated? What do we do? Psycho bosses on the loose. You'd recognise a psychopath if you were unlucky enough to come across one, wouldn't you?

Psycho bosses on the loose

Don't be so sure. The media may portray the psychopath as a crazed serial killer - the stuff of nightmares and horror films - but the reality is chillingly different. Not all psychopaths are violent criminals and fewer still have a desire to eat you for dinner. Behaviour of the serial bully: attention seeker, wannabe, guru and sociopath including industrial psychopath, corporate psychopath and workplace psychopath.

There's no shame in playing office politics - Comment - Voices. Next up was Stephen Hester, chief executive of RBS.

There's no shame in playing office politics - Comment - Voices

He lambasted his employees for manipulating the Libor rate as "an extreme example of a selfish and self-serving culture". But Hester embodies that culture. Although it had come to the attention of senior management some time before, the rate-fixing had continued up to November 2010, a year for which Hester received a £2m bonus. He may have waived the next windfall, but is due to get £700,000 next month. Finally, we had Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, lamenting the lax management at Stafford Hospital, following shocking revelations of negligent care.

Most of us just want to get by in life, and we try to be decent as we do so.