On: Incompetent but Nice

[rukuu001]

One of the few very real regrets I have about the way we've run our business is not getting rid of a brilliant asshole sooner. It was boggling:

a) How good he was. Just like really really good quality of work.

b) How bad he was. Crying client. Regularly destroying team morale and productivity with incredible drama.

[Ensorceled → rukuu001]

> One of the few very real regrets I have about the way we've run our business is not getting rid of a brilliant asshole sooner.

If you can't isolate the brilliant asshole in a back office somewhere, you need to get rid of them.

I'm always amazed when brilliant assholes are allowed to directly manage customer relations or co-workers.

[sokoloff → Ensorceled]

I’ve had a BA working for me and leading a team. It was one of the highest performing teams I’ve ever had in my org (because everyone was hand-picked/self-selected into that team).

It’s not realistic to build teams like this and this team fell apart/could not be sustained when one of the key members eventually left. But they seemed happy and delivered like crazy.