Free Download Working for a Narcissistic Boss Power, Control, and Ethics
Published 11/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English | Duration: 3h 32m | Size: 3.74 GB
Understanding Toxic Leadership through Ethics, Psychology, and Workplace Dynamics
What you'll learn
Recognize and analyze toxic leadership patterns - explore narcissistic traits, control tactics, and why organizations enable them.
Identify manipulation tactics - spot gaslighting, blame-shifting, and false helpfulness, and learn how to stay clear and grounded.
Apply ethical frameworks - from Immanuel Kant's duty and human dignity - the floor of rational ethics that anyone who knows rules can stand on.
Apply ethical frameworks - from Emmanuel Levinas's Ethics of the Other - the horizon of humanity that calls us to see and respond to the face of the Other.
Apply ethical frameworks - from Martha Nussbaum's capability approach - the bridge showing how compassion and dignity can flourish in real life.
Understand organizational dynamics - apply the Peter Principle to explain how toxic bosses rise and persist within hierarchies.
Evaluate personal options and boundaries - use Maslow's hierarchy to plan endurance, self-protection, or an ethical exit.
Post-narcissistic recovery - rebuild confidence, clarity, and dignity after exposure to toxic leadership.
Understand organizational theories and blind spots - explore why toxicity appears and persists in certain workplace cultures.
Integrate reflective ethics into professional practice - enhance decision-making and support continuous professional development (CPE/CPD).
Requirements
No specific requirements.
An open mind, curiosity about human behavior, and interest in ethics or workplace culture will help.
Description
Working for a narcissistic or toxic boss can be deeply confusing.· One moment you encounter "team spirit," the next you face manipulation, blurred reality, or moral inversion (e.g., humiliation referred to as "coaching," shouting labeled as "passion").· Many people begin doubting their own perception long before they understand what is actually happening.This course brings together psychology, ethics, and organizational behavior to restore clarity when power and manipulation distort everyday work. Understanding what is going on already brings some relief: you are not the only one who came through this experience, and you can learn what range of possibilities exists when working under a narcissistic boss.We look at narcissistic traits versus disorder. We explore what a Grandiose Narcissist gets from the working environment compared to a psychopath or sociopath. We also review how empathy - or rather the lack of it - manifests across the Dark Triad. We examine how a Grandiose Narcissist gains narcissistic supply and the techniques used to secure it. It is logical to ask whether a narcissist can change, and we address that question as well.We then turn to organizations: why these personalities rise, how incompetence amplifies toxicity, how organizations interact with narcissists, the role of enablers, company culture, and what HR can or cannot do to help.We use ethics not as moral preaching, but as a lens that restores lucidity when manipulation makes everything vague. Kant's sense of duty, Levinas's idea of responsibility to the Other, and Nussbaum's capabilities become tools for reorganizing your thinking, so you can see what is happening and respond coherently.Ethics in this course doesn't rescue you from the situation - it rescues your understanding, which is the first step toward psychological freedom. By the end, you will understand how narcissistic dynamics evolve, what options realistically exist inside organizations, and how to preserve internal dignity, clarity, and long-term freedom of action.No matter what type of organization you work in, this course helps you explore the mechanics of narcissistic control in a relaxed and engaging manner.If you are doing this course to meet your CPE/CPD requirements, please verify that the course will be accepted by your professional body. The course certificate includes the course hours, and this training may fall under the following categories:Behavioral ethicsCorporate/business ethicsEthical decision-makingPersonal ethics
Who this course is for
This course is for anyone looking to understand toxic leadership dynamics with a narcissistic boss - and to learn practical ways to go through and recover from such experiences.
It is also suitable for professionals pursuing Continuing Professional Education (CPE/CPD) in ethics - including corporate/business ethics, ethical decision-making, and personal ethics. (Please verify that this course meets your professional body's requirements.)
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