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10-30-2014, 11:13 AM
Interesting article in the New York Times today, about what are basically very productive workplace jerks:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/business/smallbusiness/Reforming-Employees-Who-Are-Destructive-Heroes.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
The results are always blindingly good. That is why so many business owners are slow to recognize the dangers posed by employees sometimes known as destructive heroes....
...“They’re always high performers, otherwise you’d never put up with their behavior”....
...Also known as brilliant jerks, destructive heroes are egotists, prima donnas, anything but team players. The drain on company morale can be stark. Why isn’t the boss dealing with such an obvious bad apple? people wonder. And because destructive heroes typically fashion their fiefs and achieve their results by intimidating co-workers, the abused colleagues may run for the exits....
It occurred to me that this character type occurs in sitcoms, and on TV generally. Hawkeye Pierce, Murphy Brown, and Gregory House seem to be perfect examples. Are there others?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/business/smallbusiness/Reforming-Employees-Who-Are-Destructive-Heroes.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
The results are always blindingly good. That is why so many business owners are slow to recognize the dangers posed by employees sometimes known as destructive heroes....
...“They’re always high performers, otherwise you’d never put up with their behavior”....
...Also known as brilliant jerks, destructive heroes are egotists, prima donnas, anything but team players. The drain on company morale can be stark. Why isn’t the boss dealing with such an obvious bad apple? people wonder. And because destructive heroes typically fashion their fiefs and achieve their results by intimidating co-workers, the abused colleagues may run for the exits....
It occurred to me that this character type occurs in sitcoms, and on TV generally. Hawkeye Pierce, Murphy Brown, and Gregory House seem to be perfect examples. Are there others?