DICKS: Do you need to be one to be a successful leader?
Max Joseph · 3 HN recommendations
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Filmmaker Max Joseph's 35-minute video essay asks whether you have to be a jerk to be a successful leader. It draws on Adam Grant's givers and takers, Robert Greene and famous demanding directors.
Why HN recommends it: HN recommends it as a thoughtful critique of the great-leader-as-jerk myth in threads on difficult bosses.
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