In nearly 25 years of working with leaders – and more than a decade of one-on-one coaching and advisory to Fortune 500 CEOs – there is one question that our CEO Eric Pliner has heard from virtually every leader in every environment: What to do about the brilliant jerk?
In this article for Fast Company, he explains why brilliant jerks have been able to get away with bad behaviour and encourages leaders to look to the ethical context to decide the fate of unpleasant star performers