[jrumbut]

Yeah, also to be an effective leader in that mold you should start by being a generational talent like Michael Jordan.

When all those Steve Jobs biographies came out there was a population who thought if they just became really picky about design and impulsive about personnel decisions their business would become another Apple.

Just being a jerk isn't really a strategy, even in sports.

[GVIrish]

This is always my answer to people trying to justify being an asshole by comparing themselves to Steve Jobs or Michael Jordan. If you are as talented as them, maybe you can make that argument. But if you are not literally the best in the world at something and/or arguably the best of all time at something, you can't use their examples.

An NBA bench player can't behave like Michael Jordan and expect to stay in the league, even though an NBA bench player is probably one of the best 400 basketball players in the world.

Even then, I would argue that guys like Jordan and Jobs succeeded in spite of being assholes, not necessarily because of it.

[jariel]

"also to be an effective leader in that mold you should start by being a generational talent like Michael Jordan."

This is such a good point.

It's so hard for most people to contextualize this.

Pro Sports athletes are basically 'life dedicated' to something, these are deeply competitive people in general. And then take the top 0.1% of those, put him with people that actually can be pushed to the top.

Jordan was no the branch manager of your local bank selling mortgages, who could not get away with such tactics.