How do you smoke out the office psychopath ?
After they became entrenched is it very difficult to smoke out these people and give them the boot. Especially in corporate IT were the level of competence among other managers is not that high to mark a deviant with a black mark. One of the problems in identifying the corporate psychopath is that it’s a world in which some of the defining characteristics are commonplace. Many successful managers and executives can, for example, be grandiose and narcissistic; but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re psychopaths. Similarly, many organizations are set up in ways that foster these kinds of behaviors. The key here is probably the level of competence. Psychopath are usually incompetents using ruthless and Machiavellian behavior try to climb the corporate ladder.