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It’s no secret that executives are often hired based on skills and experience, but fired based on personality. Arrogance, narcissism, and Machiavellianism are factors that we now know regularly precipitate executive failure.” Feder & Sahibzada, 2014. Humility (the opposite of hubris, or a haughty, nose in the air demeanor), is in short supply. Willingness to …Read the Rest

If you see a bully, stand up to him – Hillary Rodham Clinton In Not All Bullies Throw things: How to Survive a Subtle Workplace Bully, Borgeson describes what she terms “bully–lite” behaviors – actions that don’t appear overtly aggressive, but nevertheless clash with what we regard as civil expectation. Camouflaged bullies operate behind the …Read the Rest