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Narcissism – A necessary but precarious requirement for leading at the top. (2016)

“The behaviors we love to hate may be essential for a leader’s success.”

Jay Conger, Professor of Leadership Studies, Claremont McKenna College, LA
Part of Talent Quarterly’s ‘The Dark Side Issue’, Issue 8 2016

Conger describes how narcissistic behaviors are needed to emerge as a leader and how they’ve powered some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs (Bezos, Ellison, Zuckerberg) to stratospheric heights.

Buy the article here: Reflections on the Dark Side

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