The chairman explains why all the best sales staff exhibit psychopathic tendencies
"Did you see all that stuff recently on how to work out whether your boss is a psychopath?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we sat drinking pints of Standard Life-strength lager in The Realistic Reporting Regime. "I did catch a glimpse of something along those lines," he replied. "But I didn't take much interest as it didn't really apply to me - after all, I am my own boss." "Of course," I nodded. "How silly of me. Mind you, it was pretty interesting. You see, according to these two experts, Dr Hare and Dr Babiak, a corporate psycho...
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