如何对待心理失衡的老板?

Katie Couric : Alan Deutschman is a senior writer of Fast Company Magazine, who wrote the cover story for the July issue entitled "Is your boss a psychopath? ". Alan , good morning , nice to see you!

Alan Deutschman: Good morning , Katie

Katie Couric : Don't many bosses share at least a couple of these traits, in other words , there are couple of bad qualities in them?

Alan Deutschman : You know most people have some of these traits to a small degree . The difference is a psychopath hazard in spades.

Katie Couric: Right. And the combination of psychopathic behavior and power's probably pretty lethal¹.

Alan Deutschman: That's right. And the power is the magnet for psychopath, you know they're , ur, they're attracted by, they want things that are thrilling . they want games that they can win and so companies give them that arena².

Katie Couric: Alright. We have a little quiz that people can take at home, so they can get their pencil in and paper out to find out if their boss may be a psychopath. The first question is : "Is your boss a superficially charming or grandiose³", right?

Alan Deutschman: That's right. These people, they're very charming, they are very likable, they are seductive. They want you to be their friends and their ally, but it's really all about them. "

Katie Couric: Somewhat is you mark one, and yes sure you mark two. What about lacking empathy? Why are psychopathic bosses so lacking it or unable to relate to their , to their , ur , workers?

Alan Deutschman: Well these people aren't like you and me. They are profoundly selfish. They don't care about you , they don't care about their feelings . They can lay you off , they can fire you, they can backstab you . It does not make them worry.

Katie Couric: Ok do they fake that they're empathetic at least?

Alan Deutschman: That's right. They are great actors , they are like Hollywood actors , and they can lie , they can manipulate . They don't have feelings for us , but they know how to play our feelings.

Katie Couric: OK. In fact that's the next question: "Does your boss lie or manipulate? " And I was gonna say, many corporate⁴ psychopaths will refuse to take responsibilities as we've seen in some of these corporate cases, right?

Alan Deutschman: It's amazing. You see these people and they are convicted. They might even go to prison, but they don't say they did anything wrong , they say they varied⁵ victims actually.

Katie Couric: All right. Now we add up our scores I'm not sure if anyone could keep up with this, but one to four means you shouldn't worry. Your boss is probably just frustrated⁶. Five to six means you should be afraid, and seven to eight means you should be very afraid. So what do you do if you are very afraid or afraid? How do you deal with someone like this?

Alan Deutschman: Well, the first thing to do is to be suspicious of flattery. Because these people they will try to disarm⁷ you, so they can then use you or backstab you. So they'll come with extreme flattery. So you'll like them and you'll think they're your friends and your loyalists, and your guard will be down.

Katie Couric: You say question authority, avoid suspicious activities and assess the damage to your life. And in a nutshell, what does that mean exactly?

Alan Deutschman: That means that just because your boss says something is ok, it doesn't mean it is ok. And you know a lot of things can be in your job description, but lying, cheating and stealing or helping⁸ someone else to do those things or covering up. That's not legit.

Katie Couric: And a psychopath would often try to get you into his or her web, so you are partaking these activities which could spot from some serious trouble for you down the road right?

Alan Deutschman: That's right. And for the company, that's how things like Enron happened.

Katie Couric: And so when do you know you need to quit, because it's hard to find a job these days.

Alan Deutschman: It is. You know it's hard to have a good job. The economy isn't great, but since something emotional damage. It's just too much

Katie Couric: And it's hard to get to human resources and say , My boss is a psychopath, so you know you have pretty limited options, right? but at times as you said, sometimes enough is enough. "

Alan Deutschman: That's right.

1 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

2 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

3 grandiose   

adj.宏伟的，宏大的，堂皇的，铺张的

参考例句：

• His grandiose manner impressed those who met him for the first time.他那种夸大的举止给第一次遇见他的人留下了深刻的印象。
• As the fog vanished,a grandiose landscape unfolded before the tourists.雾气散去之后，一幅壮丽的景观展现在游客面前。

4 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

5 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

6 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

8 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。