Destructive leaders and dysfunctional organizations : a therapeutic approach

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldman, Alan, 1969-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Hubris and narcissism: the dark underbelly of leadership
  • 2. The enigma of an unintentionally toxic leader: an emotionally turbulent, destructive and impulsive workplace
  • 3. The narcissistic leader: world-enowned and quite arrogant
  • 4. Leader sabotage and the dysfunctional organization: the fish rots from the head down
  • 5. The obsessive compulsive leader: a manager's mandate for perfection or destruction
  • 6. The borderline leader: when brilliance and psychopathology coexist
  • 7. Trouble at the top: high-toxicity implications of a leader with antisocial personality disorder
  • 8. Histrionic leadership: the allure of the toxic leader in a volatile industry
  • 9. The outer limits of toxic organizational behavior: corporate trauma in the form of disturbed leadership
  • 10. Destructive leaders and dysfunctional organizations, tearing downs the walls of professional greed, hubris, toxic genius and psychopathology