How can you cure a sickness when you don’t know its cause? Many of today’s corporations are exhibiting the disturbing symptoms of a hard-to-define illness. You see signs of the malady in numerous ways: irrational decision-making, massive downsizings, excessive executive pay, low morale, and a sense of isolation among employees. At some companies there’s an even odder symptom: workaholic managers who seem indifferent to what there’re working so hard at. What’s going on here? This book defines corporate narcissism as “obsession with the image of success” The problem begins with the individual narcissistic manager. The only goal this manager has is to maintain the appearance and aura success – rather than the reality of worthwhile accomplishment.