Emotional Vampires at Work: Dealing with Bosses and Coworkers Who Drain You Dry

  • 4h 37m
  • Albert J. Bernstein
  • McGraw-Hill
  • 2013

Whether it's a coworker, subordinate, or boss, there's at least one emotional vampire in every office. These people try your patience, sap your energy, and add an entirely unhealthy dynamic to workplace productivity. The bestselling author of Emotional Vampires and Dinosaur Brains shows you how to spot and deal effectively with many dysfunctional elements in the workplace.

About the Author

Albert J. Bernstein, PhD, has been practicing as a clinical psychologist, professional speaker, and business consultant for more than 40 years. He teaches people how to think like psychologists without having to talk like them. Bernstein's books on dealing with difficult and dangerous people have been translated into more than 20 languages.

In this Book

  • Emotional Vampires at Work—Dealing with Bosses and Coworkers Who Drain You Dry
  • Preface
  • Emotional Vampires—Who Are They?
  • Maturity and Mental Health—Protect Yourself from Emotional Vampires by Thinking More Slowly than They Do
  • Who Are You?
  • Antisocials
  • Antisocial Bullies and Substance Abusers
  • Con Artists
  • Antisocial Cultures
  • Histrionics
  • The Magical World of Histrionic Hams
  • Passive-Aggressives
  • Histrionic Cultures
  • Narcissists
  • Narcissistic Legends in Their Own Minds
  • Narcissistic Superstars
  • Narcissistic Cultures
  • Obsessive-Compulsives
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Perfectionists and Puritans
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Cultures
  • Paranoids
  • Vampire Visionaries
  • Paranoid Cultures
  • Dangerously Dysfunctional Cultures—15 Signs that an Organization Is Run by Vampires for Vampires
  • Epilogue
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