If you've ever felt like you've been let down at work by a colleague all of a sudden, you may be dealing with someone who has what psychologists call a "dark personality." Basically, they are people who have characteristics such as: narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Next, find out how to deal with a person of personality Darkening.
Defining the dark personalities
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The narcissistic person has the most familiar type of dark personality. Narcissists aren't shy about letting you know exactly how much they think only of themselves.
In the workplace, you may find narcissists bragging about their superior sales skills, even if they aren't performing much better than the average salesperson.
Even though narcissistic behavior is pretty annoying, it's usually more tolerable than the other two dark traits tend to be.
Two other dark personalities
Check out the other dark personalities below:
functional psychopaths
They are particularly disruptive and have no qualms about exploiting others for their own benefit. Functional psychopaths often have little empathy and are quick to shift blame away from themselves and onto others, even if it means telling lies.
Furthermore, functional psychopaths have impulsive tendencies. In the workplace, functional psychopaths may seem charming, but eventually, you likely to question his motivations or become a victim of his behavior destructive.
They are harder to spot than narcissists with their non-stop boasting, but the blatant behavior of narcissists psychopaths tends to unmask them in the end.
The Machiavellians
These are the most prevalent of the dark personalities. They are named after the Italian Renaissance statesman Nicoló Macchiavelli, who believed that the ends could justify immoral means.
Machiavellians are less irritating than narcissists and less abrasive than functional psychopaths. They are adept at playing games, they like to manipulate patiently and subtly, which makes them a particularly dangerous dark personality.
Machiavellians don't usually tell big lies. Instead, their lies are often "innocent", strategically designed for their own benefit. For example, you can hear them fawning over the colleague they know will receive a big bonus in the near future.
Machiavellians may be strategically laying the groundwork for being invited to take advantage of that person's bonus.