Don't believe in mental illness. All they're describing is facets of selfishness. Most children would fail the test.
Excellence often requires an alienating level of single-mindedness. Nigel. On 14 May 2010 18:02, Rick Duniec <[email protected]> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3579402.stm > (edited) > How to spot a psychopath at work > > Researchers warn, some....... may have psychopathic traits. > But they say this is nothing to be worried about. > They will not be violent, but their psychopathic traits will allow them to > climb the career ladder, New Scientist magazine reports. > Professor Robert Hare, of the University of British Columbia says > "corporate psychopaths'" arrogance and focus helps them succeed. > They may also be superficially charming, prone to fly into rages and likely > to take credit for colleague's achievements. > He has developed the 'Business Scan 360' test, along with New York > industrial organisational psychologist Paul Babiak in order to detect them. > People do say that you're a psychopath if you're violent and a successful > businessman if you're not > > Paul Corry, mental health charity Rethink > The test involves interviewing people working with the person concerned to > get a '360 degree' assessment of their personality. > They are currently interviewing 100 people convicted of fraud or > embezzlement - who will serve as a benchmark of the ultimately undesirable > employee. > They will then interview a "normal" population of managers, and a group of > high flyers to see if they can distinguish exactly which traits lead to > career success and which have less desirable consequences. > Mr Babiak said: "If you imagine the conscientious employee at one end of > the continuum and a prototypical 'corporate psychopath' at the other end, > the test attempts to gauge where the individual is." > Paul Corry, of the mental health charity Rethink, told BBC News Online: "It > shows that mental health is an issue all around us." > He said there was also lots of evidence that people who were highly > motivated and highly successful - particularly in finance and business - had > some psychopathic traits. > "These are people who are extremely focussed on achieving their goals, and > who are not too concerned about other people's feelings. > "There are other people who have very narcissistic traits; they want to be > centre-stage and their needs have to be put first." > He added: "People do say that you're a psychopath if you're violent and a > successful businessman if you're not." > Psychopathy is defined as a lack of empathy for others, or a conscience, > and can be associated with extreme and manipulative behaviour. > This is distinct from psychosis, a group of mental illnesses, including > schizophrenia. > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away > -- blog.mindbrix.co.uk/2010/01/20/zoomable-gallery/ www.concentrichron.com -- Mindbrix -- Dream it, draw it, build it, love it 69 Derby Street Beeston Nottingham NG9 2LG +44 7905 311 352 [email protected] www.mindbrix.co.uk Skype: ntbarber twitter.com/mindbrix _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
