August 10, 2008

Facing Workplace Disharmony

I was tidying up the books beside our bed recently and saw a book my husband Tom was reading: “The Sociopath Next Door” by Martha Stoudt, Ph.D.I remembered reading that book several years ago during a particularly traumatic time I was experiencing with my boss.Sure enough, Tom was grappling with a boss who was singling him out for public ridicule.Over my twenty three work history, I had three bosses who seemed to be insane. After dealing repeatedly with their psychotic behavior, screaming and yelling at me and others in front of patients, or pulling me into their office for some sort of half baked improvement plan strategy, I know now, in retrospect, that all three of these people were and maybe still are–sociopaths.I have a theory. The brilliant books on Emotional and Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, have created a backlash in the workplace at large here in America.These books explain the necessity for respect, camaraderie and a social/emotional IQ that people can develop, if they are so motivated.When the books first came out, I thought they would transform the workplace with great change towards a new paradigm of workplace liberation.I thought these books would single handedly help […]

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