>These people destroy teams and institutions, precisely because most people don't know how to deal with them and most advice about good communication pretends t

>These people destroy teams and institutions, precisely because most people don't know how to deal with them and most advice about good communication pretends they don't exist. Aye. Do you(or anyone) have any resources/reading suggestions on how to be effective with this category of interaction? Particularly when it is coming from someone in a position of relative power? Another variant that seems distinct from straight narcissism—although it may be related or just a different manifestation—are people who, for lack of a more graceful way of saying it, only hear what they want to hear.