Narcissism: 'Nobody That Matters Is Around'

One thing that I find very distasteful is the abuse of authority and/or power and such exploitation is often related to narcissism. Leaders who are narcissist often create a counterproductive environment for those they work with (Kinicki & Fugate, 2016, p. 444). Several months ago a member of upper management was walking through our department looking for my supervisor and made a derogatory comment to the effect of, “Nobody that matters is around…” He quickly tried to clean up this statement but his true feelings were already released. It was at this time that I knew his true feelings of those not in management, particularly myself since I was the only one not in management close enough to hear his statement. This is an example of something