[wilsonrocks]

I'm glad you got out!

I find that CEO level bosses (I used to be a teacher so am including heads/principals here) love to pontificate about stuff not related to the job. I've often wondered why. It's sometimes harmless, and clearly,as in your case, sometimes harmful. I do wonder what causes it though.

[mekkkkkk]

You could reverse the statement and say that someone with overly high confidence, an inflated ego and an affinity for preaching is more likely to climb the ladder to C-level. That tracks.

[phist_mcgee]

People who have power over others begin to believe that the positive feedback they get from their employees (simply because they control a person's financial and career success) equates to them being a person of actual interest. They believe the attention means they are smarter, funnier and more charming than they actually are. Tie this to people with narcissistic traits, and you get a strong feedback loop where they never hear dissent, or critique so they fall further into this pattern of behaviour.

[steelframe]

This is part of the reason why I left management. I really do feel that the positive feedback loop was getting to my head.

[scandox]

A profound terror of their own personal insignificance and mortality?

[ratww]

True! I think deep down we all want to be influential. They're just trying to cheat their way into it.