"It's not me, it's you". ??? Gaslighting - the corrosive organizational disease
Vanessa Monsequeira - ?????????
VP of People at Gorilla | Building Employee Experience as a Product | In pursuit of making work suck less | Leadership & Career Coach | Corporate Hippy - views expressed here are my own
Gaslighting is a devious technique as it preys on our common Achilles heel of self-doubt.
Gaslighting is an organizational disease.
It’s under-discussed and until recently it’s been under-researched.
The term comes from the 1944 movie Gaslight where a husband, Gregory, convinces his wife Paula she is insane by dimming and brightening a gaslight. When she complains, he insists that she is imagining it.
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1 年Vanessa, I did not know the origin of the gaslight term. TIL. Sounding cool with TIL. The millennial me still doesn’t know how to use Gaslighting in a sentence ??
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1 年Interesting and equally important topic Vanessa. I have to admit until I read this piece, I didn't have much of an idea. You have to be alert to patterns, particularly if you are the conscientious type who looks inwards when things don't go per plan. Thanks for sharing. Will be doing a closer reading later.
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1 年Good newsletter thank you - Gaslighting and Narcissistic personality disorder are terms thrown around frequently and not always used correctly. This really lays it out clearly with useful examples. In my experience, if your boss or anyone you are in a close relationship with has true Narcissitic personality disorder, there is a good chance you should remove yourself from the situation entirely. Glad you flagged seeking professional support, it is often required!
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