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ЕКОРНУОБМРИИКЈА
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encouraged to undertake part of the re- Measurable dimension?
sponsibilities, they are not profession- Yes. Only for business purposes, this
ally supported to become independent
and to act by means of their own au- parameter, as an advantage or a weak-
thority. The organizations stand behind. ness, is measured by the tools of Hogan
Assessment. Thereby the values on the
6The subordinates are threatened scale to 70% can be and are in favor of
– if they lead, the employees with themselves and the organization that
a lot of narcissism are aggressive and leads the person. Still, the toxic val-
dominant. They ignore other people’s ues above 90% in combination with
attitudes. This leads them to be sur- the other characteristics are an excep-
rounded by people who obey and do not tional risk and in specific conditions
give honest feedback. could instigate undesired behavior.
Even more, in combination with other
7They adopt more merits that what characteristics of the person, such as
is real – Self-confidence, energy, a “dark” triad: narcissism, Machiavel-
and power conquer. Still it is necessary lianism and harmfulness, they lead the
to be careful. Not only that the self-con- organizational unit / the organization
fidence exceeds the capacity, but often to useless activities. For this reason,
they take more merits that what is real. the information about every organiza-
In addition, they do not take responsi- tion of the (non)existence of such risks
bility for their mistakes. is useful.
Do we pay enough attention on this
during the selection of people in our Selection, development, retention or
team, the associates, their develop- succession of key positions – it is good
ment, the choice of metrics...? to assess the level of risks of the people
who we give the trust to be part of our
Coping with other people’s ego teams / organizations, and who develop
Christine Lagarde’s view on coping in them.
with other people’s narcissistic natures What is next?
is illustrative. She says: “You know, when Development follows after the as-
I’m on a meeting and the atmosphere is
very intense, and the people are incred- sessment and the acquisition of a stra-
ibly serious and invest a lot of their ego, tegic self-awareness. Despite all of the
I say to myself: ‘there is life, death, and prerequisites for development, it is only
love’. Compared to them, the entire ego possible through work, work, and work
in the business is meaningless.” only.
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