Psychopaths in the C-suite: Fred Kiel at TEDxBGI
Psychopaths in the C-suite: Fred Kiel at TEDxBGI
Fred Kiel talks about his research that uncovers the most effective personality characteristics in leadership.
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I am so happy you exist Fred Kiel!! Thank you for a presentation that has fuelled my life’s mission like you wouldn’t believe.
As an executive and life coach I arrived at the conclusion that lack of high human values is the number one cause of failure and pain in people s lives.
Aspiring to change or improve that one on Ceo at a time…one person at a time.
Wow, so they found a unicorn(the boss)…in this world??? I’m not sure I believe this, at all.
Apparently Amazon is an anomaly according to this fairytale model of character and business success…
Wow, happy and well motivated employees increase value to their companies. That MUST be an indication that the TOP level executive is a psychopath working at a relatively failing company. Smh. Good job.
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This is a great talk,
but i take issue with his belief that character can be taught.
Since empathy is mostly a genetic trait,
lack of empathy (aka psychopathy and narcissism) cannot be cured.
The only way to treat empathy dysfunctional people is to put them
in camps away from decent humans, so they can’t harm them.
Psychopaths are attracted to corporations because they are allowed to do what they want with no regard to anyone or anything out. It is also very hard to fire them. They also know where the skeletons are, since they have often created them. Question: If business did drive more of them out — where else would they turn up? Military?
Interesting concept, but his logic is flawed. Didn’t rule out possibility that businesses with low return on assets pressured the ceo to act like a psychopath.
its such a relief to hear this, that good old fashioned strength of character is relevant, after all. May be the businesses of future will aim to integrate with the society instead of just making a mount everest of money, as companies and ceos
That sounded very much like our president
"Welcome to CostCo… I love you…
Welcome to CostCo… I love you…"
Such interesting research and glad the data is out and confirms with experiences I have had in my career.
It would be nice if I could hear it. Louder!
If a graduate starts and stays in a toxic work environment they will become like those toxic seniors/directors. It’s bad influence on their young malleable minds.
Yeah. Bosses with a sense of fair play will remove a toxic work environment by osmosis.
thank you so much for your research and telling us your dreams for corporate leaders
tedious talk, very little surprising data.
Just watched a documentary on the dark history of psychology. It was very very bad. Iti is the only science that has no empirical data behind it.
i don’t get it why these dislikes?
Gosh I want to work for costco
Schneider National corporation need to watch this video!
Have you asked bezos lol.
How was the study they conducted at all useful when no psychopaths were actually in the study?
The & habits of highly Effective People has been around since 1991 and promotes CHARACTER and guiding Principles, and though it is popular, and amazed that there aren’t more leaders that know this stuff. I am always shocked at the unethical things that go on in nursing homes and how unethical the leadership often is.
Doubt this study included amazon.
Martha Stewart ? is not on par with Madoff! that ridiculous.
Real psychopaths are elitist, they immediately try to take over a person’s sense of right and wrong (by imposing unethical behavior on a chosen victim).
They effectively use communication hurdles to disrupt norms of behavior.
Varying days of eye contact,
Avoiding group morning or evening greetings, Demanding constant info validation by several people working on the same project.
Narcissistic and project self-grandiosity and coldness.
Exaggerated loud or softer than normal speech with hi volatility emotionalism/ aka mood swings either in one sentence or during multiple personnel contacts. This is to maintain a fear with subordinates not to question her/him.
Can easily switch to mobbing anyone to create a scapegoat person for his/her communication drops without remorse/guilt.
Never admits wrong-doing at or below peer level.
High character managers treat everyone the same, both in manner, speech/tone. Smile and able to engage with multiple people creating no animosity.
Able to laugh with people not at them. No impression of superiority. Hands-on. Direct with feelings or instructions. This individual has high motivation and never expresses anger as demoralizing attacks.
Honesty and Ethics, and fairness are taught in childhood.
People are not computers.
Corporate psychopaths thrive in large companies where they are given overlapping staff and or direct access to Executive management. Because the owner wants a yes man willing to do anything to create ‘improvement.’
Take the estrogen out of personnel and stop hiring managers for their "drive, ambition, strong-track-record, hands-on-approach" . . . . rapists in other words.
He talks so quietly…
Caveat to the finding that "character can be taught" *3:35. It can, up to a certain age. Once the personality splits and manifests as a Cluster B personality disorder (officially now diagnosed around or after age 18 for Anti-social Personality Disorder ie. psychopathy and sociopathy- before 18 it is referred to as "Oppositional Defiance Disorder" and considered not to have fully crystalized in the personality yet). The reason these are referred to as "personality disorders" instead of "mental disorders" is that they are not chemical imbalances in the brain which can be treated with therapy and medication, but they are fundamental flaws in the personality that once fully formed can not ever be changed or improved. Cluster B spectrum disorders include: Narcissists, Psychopaths/Sociopaths (ASD), Borderlines, and Histrionics. If one of these shows up in your immediate circle, turn around and find another circle.
hmmm… but is it cause and effect?
Do under performing C-suite people turn in to psychos and do high performing C-suiters have time/money to care?
Sounds like #45.
I believe ,in & endorse ur findings. However as a real life employee of a huge for profit medical care corporation, I’ve seen myself ,& too many coworkers blackballed. Systemic abuse in every aspect of bullying. My question to u is how the CEO’s perceive this mass exodus of employees (highly valued & in critical demand) how do thay explain this extreme attrition rate & extremely poor supervisor surveys by employees? R they being purposefully obscure, missing the point.
I found TEDx Talks thru a search on disruptive people, which, when in the workplace, is known to be corporate psychopathy, as I learned. It would be interesting to know if there is a positive correlation between workplace stress at any given moment, and the degree to which a corporate psychopath manipulates the world around him or her self. Interesting topic that destroys corporate morale in the name of selfishness and psychological problems on the part of the psychopath.
The science term for the great kind leader he talks about is "Transformative leadership".
They’re basically Marvel super hero leaders.
All those thing you mentioned to spot a psychopath by are found in the "normal healthy" people you work with every day. You are likely a lot like a psychopath in your daily interactions with others. Just not as much. That’s why the world is so screwed up. The occasional psychopath is just icing on the cake but now we have the psychopaths to put all the blame on to take it off ourselves. Of course you’re sure I couldn’t be talking about someone like you. That’s how it always goes. Few people can admit to their own dysfunction.
Love this!
Is funny that this video is supported by Sony.
A company that supports narcissist corporate bullies.
How do I get a mentor?
Seems like corporations do everything they can to hire and promote these sociopaths. It is more important to keep people in line and rule over them. If it is proven that these people costs companies money why are these people always the ones in charge and have the biggest salaries?
I worked in costco UK and it was shit!!!!
The problem is low moral character will not admit that they needed to change or improved their character..
dave’s not here…
It has never made sense to me that "insider trading" is illegal in the first place.
In summary: "Practice empathy. Practice putting others first. And practice accountability. …Except towards psychopaths! Demonize them." ?
"A rule isn’t a rule, if there exists an exception."
-Me
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Determining the true character of a person is “more complicated than that”, as you mentioned.
That’s the only career they can thrive in because they will have no one else for they will get rid of anyone who dares to step all over them. The only person to step all over them is another psychopath willing to compete with them.
I dont agree. I found the best CEOs were Pychopaths. Also you could never get a screening tool. Pychopaths can always game them anyway.
How to hide your character flaws.
Hide behind a label psychologist/psychiatrist.