David Land wrote Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:38:21 -0700
Turns out that people would rather work with a friendly, but somewhat
bumbling coworker than a competent jerk. I can attest to that, having
been something of the former, working for someone who was decidedly the
latter. I certainly preferred working with me to working with that
person, I can assure you.
Dave
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>cool article, I'm sure more organizations suffer (eg: stuff costs too much to
>do) from the lack of "social capital brokers",
>also really liked the phrase "��companies should also �leverage the likeable�.
>Amiable folk should be turned into �affective hubs�, people who can bridge
>gaps �between diverse groups that might not otherwise interact�. Like you, I
>can relate to short sigthed "competant assholes" who really don't want to pay
>what it costs to build "TEAM"
_>I think you'd have to consult "The Book of Maslow" for a complete ANSWER on
that one though. I'm not sure I want my squad leader to be a "lovable bumbling
fool" if I'm the one walking POINT.
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