Richard Hogan: What to do if your boss is a narcissist

One of the major stresses of our working life is having to deal with a boss, manager or colleague that is a narcissist

Richard Hogan: "They hate any individual thinker, they view them not as talent but rather trouble makers, that need to be put back in their box. Working with someone like that actually changes the neurochemistry in the brain." Picture: iStock.

Most of our adult life is consumed by the work we do. It can be frightening to realise we spend more time, during the week, with our colleagues than our family and friends. 

As the great TV show “The Office” illustrates, we are often thrown together with a motley crew of people we would never have chosen to spend more than an elevator ride with.