Hey everyone, Tom here. A quick word before we start. The episode you're about to hear was originally broadcast in the spring of 2015.

I'm reposting it now because in the last couple weeks, four different people wrote to me asking for tools

to help them deal with narcissists at work. I don't know what's in the water but

all of a sudden it seems like this is the right time for these five strategies.

I'm really glad to share them with you.

I'm going to pop back in towards the end of the episode with this month's gratitude,

but other than that, here you go.

I hope it's helpful.

Enjoy the show.

Welcome back to the Look and Sound of Leadership.

An ongoing series of executive coaching tips designed to help you be perceived in the workplace the way you want to be perceived.

I'm Tom Henschel, your executive coach, and today we're talking about five strategies for dealing

with narcissists.

Sean was battling his boss and he was losing the war.

The first person to talk to me about Sean was Ronit, the HR executive.

She said, in a world that was fair, Sean would win, but he can't win against Jack.

No one can.

Jack stirred people up.

Some saw him as a star blazing a bold path forward for the company, and hey, if some people got

burned, well, you know, stars blaze brightly for a reason right

Others the ones who had gotten burned seethed at the mention of Jack's name a lot of people were in that camp Sean a direct report of Jack's name. A lot of people were in that camp. Sean, a direct report of

Jack's, was just one of them. Ronite said, we really don't want to lose

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