by Alan Chatting | Nov 14, 2020 | Management and Leadership, Narcissism, Personal Development, Uncategorized
We expect that narcissists will be loud, grandiose, self-important, “out there”. No all of them are, some are covert narcissists. Many offices have them, and this is how you spot them. A covert narcissist may well show that they are the most important person in the...
by Alan Chatting | Aug 17, 2020 | Confidence, Management and Leadership, Narcissism
People are the product of their family of origin. They might turn out to be like their parents, or they might behave in certain ways because of how their parents treated them. Narcissists as parents are usually very strict and controlling, and can be very angry and...
by Alan Chatting | Aug 10, 2020 | Management and Leadership, Narcissism
If you grew up with a narcissist as a parent, then you might be susceptible to being a victim of your resident workplace narcissist. Bear in mind that narcissists are charming, selfish, manipulative, competitive and quite likely to “bend the truth.” Avoid them if at...
by Alan Chatting | May 2, 2017 | Management and Leadership
Management and leadership have various different models and styles we can adopt. We might struggle with the balance between concern for results and concern for team members. We can be coercive or cooperative in how we work with the people in our team. Wearing a...
by Alan Chatting | Apr 25, 2017 | Management and Leadership
For the last two decades I have worked with Employee Assistance Programmes as a psychotherapist. An EAP offers support to employees of large companies in the form of legal helplines, financial advice, personal support and sometimes as face-to-face counselling. That’s...
by Alan Chatting | Feb 3, 2017 | Management and Leadership
That’s the first line of a cute little song by Danny Kaye (you won’t remember him!) and the story was all about an ugly duckling who turned out to be a cygnet. When he lost his dull brown feathers he became a beautiful white swan, but he had to be shown his reflection...
