Your comment shows the downside of assholes being effective. People so often have to deal with ineffectiveness, they come to feel happy with anything they can g

Your comment shows the downside of assholes being effective. People so often have to deal with ineffectiveness, they come to feel happy with anything they can get that works, forgetting that’s it almost always possible to be just as direct, blunt, and compelling with different rhetoric. Assholism is not the solution to great leadership. It’s one of many techniques leaders use. Some leaders are effective using it frequently, but it’s important to note it’s usually not required because there are trade offs and downsides, both morally and amorally from a pure efficiency standpoint.