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334 Index
Paulhus, Nathanson, 124–25
pawns, 139, 286–88
abandonment of, 137–38
assessing, 127, 257
former, confronting psychopaths, 139
giving job references, 235
manipulation of, 125–27
as patsies, 138, 177
realization by, 138, 286–88
responding to realization, 286–88
supporting psychopaths, 136
performance appraisals, 305–6, 317–18
persona (public self), 71
defined, 69, 70
fictitious. See impression management
perceptions of, 71. See also reputation
(attributed personality)
psychopaths reinforcing, 74–78
personality, 68–74
assessments, 73–74
attributed. See reputation (attributed
personality)
balancing positive/negative traits, 70
misalignment of, 73
private (inner), 69–70, 71, 76–78
psychopaths bonding with, 74–79
public. See persona (public self)
theories, 68–69
personality disorders
defined, 40
narcissism, 40–41, 178
personality model, 26–27
Peterson, Scott, 65, 66–67
phases, psychopathic. See abandonment phase,
of manipulation; ascension phase;
assessment phase, of manipulation; hiring
psychopaths; manipulation
physical reactions, to psychopaths, 92–93
Pit Bull (Helen) case study, 5–15
commendable performance, 9
dramatic escape attempt, 13, 14
firing dissenters/others, 12
fraud revealed, 10, 13–14
grandiosity, 12–13
hiring process, 8, 9
intimidating/disrespecting staff, 8–9, 10–13
subversive self-promotion, 10
unexplained absences, 13
power/strength
building power base, 122–24
case study, 131–32
informal power, 44, 122, 128–29, 131–32
manipulators attracted to, 44
pawns/patrons and, 125–27
pragmatic psychopathy, 42–43
premise of book, xiv
pretenders
in entrepreneurial environment, 164–66
in leadership, 165–66
secrecy empowering, 166–68
prison, x
private (inner) personality, 69–70, 71, 76–78
promotions, 240, 244. See also succession
planning systems
psychological employment contracts, 150–52,
158–59, 162
psychopathic criminals, x. See also fraud; scams
aggression/violence of, 17–18
Andrew Cunanan, 64–65
avoiding responsibility, 52
detecting violent tendencies, 65–66
diffusing responsibility of, 277–78
falsely expressing remorse, 55–56
females, 102
lacking long-term goals, 57–58
murderers, 64–67, 75, 118–19, 226–27,
228, 282–83
plundering with God’s help, 237–38
psychopaths who are not, 19–20
recidivism of, 18
Scott Peterson, 65, 66–67
psychopathic fiction, 48–50, 120–21
psychopathic lifestyle, adopting, 43
psychopathic trait examples. See also charm;
empathy/emotions, lack of; grandiosity;
guilt/remorse, lack of; lying
avoiding responsibility, 51–52, 56–57
multiple short-term relationships, 57
needing novel stimulation, 46–47, 67
parasitic lifestyles, 45–46
taking unethical shortcuts, 46–47
psychopathic traits, 183. See also red flags;
specific traits
in assessment phase, 45–48
book delineating, for personal gain, 43
B-Scan assessment and, 230–31
demonstrating, levels of, 178
domains and, 26–27
Hervey Cleckley view, 20, 21–22, 23
hiding. See impression management
in manipulation phase, 48–52, 186–88
mistaking, for leadership, xi, 193–99
nature, nurture and, 24–25
PCL: SV assessment for, 26–27, 28, 95,
100–101, 185, 193
PCL-R assessment for, 24–28, 95
recognizing, 67–68
social chameleons, 38–39
using, consciously, 42–43
varied expressions of, 184–85
psychopathic-like traits
avoiding psychopath labels, 270–71
“boss from hell,” 179–81
case study illustrating, 173–76
conscientiousness and, 181–82, 208
“coworkers from hell,” 181–82
difficult people vs. psychopaths, 182–85
high-performing executives and, 230–31, 239
pervasiveness of, 176–78
psychopathy. See also corporate psychopaths
ADHD and, 191
antisocial personality disorder vs., 19
callous-unemotional (CU) traits and, 191
conscientiousness and, 181–82, 208