This is my opinion, from experience. > do psychopaths make better managers? I've had 2. No, they're horrible to work for. Indifferent to you as a human, bully

This is my opinion, from experience. > do psychopaths make better managers? I've had 2. No, they're horrible to work for. Indifferent to you as a human, bullying, lying, destructive (edit: and manipulative). The best bosses I've had, the ones that got the most out of me, were humane and decent (Also 2 of them). > Do they somehow gravitate towards management positions in some other way? I guess so. Power, control, money (all of these really boil down to power). > Or is it the management position that brings out the psychopath in people? No. A psychopath is a definite mental phenomenon that AFAIK is something you're born with. It is thought to be perhaps made worse by bad childhoods, but it certainly isn't something you develop if you weren't born with it. What I do see in those psychopaths that I recognise as such is that they often really driven for money/power. They're often great fun to be with because they're so impulsive, but wear you down with constant demands. Above is just my personal understanding and experiences.