Narcissist Leadership: Its traits and their impact on strategy implementation
5 pages
published 05/03/2008
 
 
section Table of Contents
 
 
  1. Abstract
  2. Introduction
  3. Defining narcissism
  4. The role of self-esteem to the development of narcissism
  5. Narcissistic leadership
  6. The types of narcissistic leadership
    1. The reactive narcissist leader
    2. The self-deceptive narcissist leader
    3. The constructive narcissist leader
  7. Narcissistic leadership and strategy implementation
  8. Conclusions
  9. References
 
 
section Summary
 
 
The mistakes that leaders make in the context of strategy implementation are often the result of a narcissistic behavior which denies the participation of subordinates in the strategic decision making. Narcissistic leadership refuses updating obsolete organizational knowledge, participating to team schemes and active listening, resulting in a lack of confidence from organizational members towards top management. This paper identifies narcissist leadership as a major reason of failure in strategy implementation impacting profoundly the organizational welfare.
 
 
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