Snakes in Suit

Author: Dr Paul Babiak,Ph.D.& Robert D.Hare,Ph.D

Let’s say you’re about to hire somebody for a position in your company. Your corporation wants someone who’s fearless, charismatic, and full of new ideas. Candidate X is charming, smart, and has all the right answers to your questions. Problem solved, right? Maybe not.

Psychopaths may enter as rising stars and corporate saviours, but all too soon they’re abusing the trust of colleagues, manipulating supervisors, and leaving the workplace in shambles. In Snakes in Suits, corporate psychologist Dr Paul Babiak teams up with psychopathy expert Dr Robert Hare to focus on the psychopath’s role in modern corporations. They found that it’s exactly the modern, open, more flexible corporate world that is the perfect breeding ground for these employees.

Snakes in Suits reveals the psychopath’s secrets, introduces the ways in which they manipulate and deceive, and helps readers see through their games. It is a compelling, frightening, and scientifically sound look at exactly how psychopaths work in the corporate environment, teaching you how they apply their “instinctive” manipulation techniques to business processes.

It’s a must-read for anyone in the business world, making you aware of the subtle warning signs of psychopathic behaviour—before it’s too late.

“[Psychopaths] have been in the boardroom for decades. Now we have the primer, destined to become a classic, for understanding this ‘intraspecies predator.’”

—J. REID MELOY, PhD, forensic psychologist and author of The Psychopathic Mind

“A compelling primer on how to defend oneself against psychopaths in the workplace.”

—Winnipeg Free Press