The Secrets of Managerial Psychiatry

Can managers have too much of a good thing? Can managers be too clever, or too charming or too courageous? How do you address aggressive behavior in the workplace, the narcissistic manager or anger management in the workplace?

Fact: extremes of anything are, by definition, abnormal. You can be too tall or too slim. It is called the spectrum hypotheses: extremes of good things can be bad things.

Many offices have mugs, plaques or notices which read: “You don’t have to be mad/crazy to work here...