News Company

How to stop psychopaths and narcissists from winning positions of power

  • Written by Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
How to stop psychopaths and narcissists from winning positions of powerPeople with narcissistic and psychopathic traits have a strong desire for dominance and are disproportionately common in leadership positions.GoodStudio/Shutterstock

One of the human race’s biggest problems has been that people who occupy positions of power are often incapable of using power in a responsible way. In the past, this was mostly...