Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

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Thomas purports that she is not defined by sociopathy but sees it as a collection of characteristics that animate her personality. Our country is going to be considerably worse off if we don’t have a strong, sustainable news media. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Consider business magnates Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Jordan Belfort and Donald Trump – much of whose notoriety has been credited to using fear, manipulation and intimidation to drive work ethic and innovative thinking in varying degrees.

The increase in cautious inaction among coworkers is another subtle but powerful effect that psychopathic behavior has on the organization. This is made easier by the fact that new employees are actually expected to actively seek out and meet everyone in the company in their first months. Although not necessarily criminal, their self-serving natures are frequently destructive to the organizations that employ them. I’m here to see Frank, he said to the receptionist, who had already noticed him, as had the other young women who had positioned themselves unobtrusively in the lobby. Unfortunately, the general state of confusion that change brings to any situation can make psychopathic personality traits—the appearance of confidence, strength, and calm—often look like the answer to the organization’s problems.

Over the past decade, Snakes in Suits has become the definitive book on how to discover and defend yourself against psychopaths in the office.The premise of this book is that psychopaths do work in modern organizations; they often are successful by most standard measures of career success; and their destructive personality characteristics are invisible to most of the people with whom they interact. Bailey saw Gus as a status-conscious suck-up who hated holding people accountable, avoided confrontation, preferred to get others to do his dirty work, and was rather susceptible to flattery and attention. The danger they present may not be readily apparent because of their ability to charm, deceive, and manipulate. They can quickly change their personalities to fit the needs of the victim, whether it be someone who wants to feel safe or someone who wants excitement. Rick, from the mailroom, confirmed that the state police had been at the back door to keep everyone inside: And there were these two guys in black suits carrying out computers, files, and the contents of the shred bin, he reported.