Office Detox Podcast

Narcissists in the Workplace - Travis Kalanick Formerly of Uber

May 25, 2019 Stefania Sigurdson Forbes
Office Detox Podcast
Narcissists in the Workplace - Travis Kalanick Formerly of Uber
Show Notes

According to the book “Dangerous Personalities” by former FBI profiler Joe Navarro, Narcissistic personalities only care for themselves, their needs, and their priorities. While you and I appreciate attention, the narcissist craves it and manipulates people and situations to get it. While you and I work hard to be successful, the narcissistic personality connives to succeed and may cheat, lie, embellish the truth, or scheme to get ahead, uncaring of how others are affected.

In this episode, we are going to talk about Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber.
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We also offer tips on how to spot these in the workplace, and what to do after an encounter with one.

Research:
Dangerous Personalities by Joe Navarro (check out the Narcissist checklist)
https://hbr.org/2015/11/why-bad-guys-win-at-work
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/communication-success/201504/10-signs-your-co-worker-colleague-is-narcissist
https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-life-rise-photos-2017-6
https://thoughts.siliconguild.com/can-we-trust-uber-c0e793deda36
https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/technology/uber-ipo-price.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/technology/uber-travis-kalanick-final-hours.html
https://mashable.com/article/uber-ipo-starts-trading-travis-kalanick-ceo/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bets-against-uber-and-lyft-rev-up-to-nearly-us-2-billion-131703736.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-21/time-to-repeal-the-rule-that-aided-uber-s-ipo-flop
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/understanding-dark-triad.htm

Music

Audionautix
Rubix Cube

Chris Zabriskie 
Pain
Stories About the World that Once Was
Thoughtless

Kai Engel 
Cold War Echo
Denouement
Headway

Kevin MacLeod 
Fearless First

Synth Kid 
Chromatic
Devotion
Elsewhere
Far from Home

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