handle-a-brilliant-jerk 
Peter Stark
SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
I’ve worked on several executive coaching projects where one team member is a royal jerk. What makes someone a jerk? The term “brilliant jerk” was popularized by Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix in his 2009 presentation, Netflix Culture: Freedom & Responsibility. In it, Hastings states: “Brilliant jerks.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Despite his challenges, all of which hadn’t improved much despite several previous coaching interventions, the company hadn’t fired him because he was considered one of the industry’s most brilliant engineers, responsible for several of the firm’s most profitable patents. How to Handle Difficult Conversations at Work.
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