The question posed by Goffee and Jones is one that produces a stunned silence in even the most confident executives. It's a tall order, but the authors have found that four unexpected qualities help leaders connect emotionally with their employees. In short, the authors make it possible to answer what is otherwise a very frightening question. Robert Goffee is a professor of organizational behavior at London Business School, and Gareth Jones is the director of human resources and internal communications at the British Broadcasting Corporation. They are the founding partners of Creative Management Associates, a consulting firm in London.
Narcissists are at the helm of many companies today.
Michael Maccoby demonstrates that it's not so simple. Productive narcissists have the audacity and the skill to push through necessary and massive change. They are risk takers who know what it takes to get the job done, and they can charm the masses into following them. But such leaders can become destructive when their natural inclination to go it alone leads them to pursue grand, unrealistic schemes. Michael Maccoby is an anthropologist and a psychoanalyst.