HI, Dan - nice to "see" you outside your usual haunts:)

However, I resent you building your blogpost around how I spent the first half of my management career.  Hitting way too close to home ...

I am familiar either directly or by experience with all five of these behaviors.   The fourth one about "riding into town to save the day" struck an especially loud chord with me.  I refer to this "leadership" behavior as being a "Firefighter".

Without a fire to fight, firefighters have little to do.  Sometimes firefighters are tempted to start fires in order to have fires to fight and consequently be hailed as heroes for putting out those fires they started.

One of my former presidents was very much in this mode.   Either by intention or by lack of attention, she would allow situations to develop to a boiling point, even when encouraged by those who reported to her to take a more proactive stance.

This CEO reveled in heroic efforts to tackle and subdue issues or problems, which did not need to exist in the first place.  It is not surprising to me that this person fits the textbook definition for narcissistic behavior.

Thanks for the fascinating post and trip down Memory Lane:)

John