Dr. Clive Boddy has spent 21 years researching corporate psychopathy at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK. His work has been cited in global financial crisis debates, downloaded more than any paper in the Journal of Business Ethics, and has shaped how organizations around the world think about toxic leadership.
In this episode, Nathalie sits down with Dr. Boddy to unpack what corporate psychopaths actually look like inside organizations, why they thrive in modern workplaces, and why we keep mistaking them for exactly the kind of leader we need. They cover the red flags that get ignored, the hiring mistakes that let psychopaths climb, and what genuinely effective leadership looks like according to decades of research.
If you work in HR, lead a team, or have ever left a job and not fully understood why — this episode will change how you see the people at the top.