This is the story:
Manipulators, or Machiavellians, in the worst way are influencing co-workers for their own benefit and becoming deceptive in getting the needed results. But in the best they can negotiate smoothly, make a good politician or charismatic leader.
Egoists or narcissists love being looked at, and often use sex appeal and charisma to get a better place in the office life. But what’s well in them is their skill to make great first impression and charm clients, managers or HR directors. They are as well enthusiastic and full of ideas, so bosses choose them for their “initiative and management potential”.
Antisocial people often lack empathy and love for surrounding crowd. But it lets them to push every boundary they meet and avoid unneeded emotions at the workplace.
Do we tell you to free your inner villain to succeed with your professional life? Not really.
It’s definitely useful to learn coping with your dark sides to use them for good, but the career build only on Dark Triad won’t last long. Colleagues eventually start seeing such guys as problematic and uppish, interested only in their own short-term advantages, not in the company’s success.