How to Manage the Jerkiness in Your Organization

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Shason: Why is it that the jerk in particular has come in for all the scrutiny from management types? He says there are lots of really useless archetypes in offices. The talented jerk might feel hard done by just on the basis of consistency alone, he says. Shason: There are people whose insights are blindingly brilliant, but completely impractical.

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