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I wonder what ramifications Elon's unprofessional and aggressive management style will have on start-up culture in the long run. My instincts are that for many
by lewisflude 4y ago
I wonder what ramifications Elon's unprofessional and aggressive management style will have on start-up culture in the long run. My instincts are that for many he'll become a sort of anti-role model, but for other's he'll affirm their existing beliefs that to be a great leader, you have to disregard employees/users feelings and focus purely on doing your best to optimise.
That being said, this makes me curious how (if?) Elon manages/measures his reputational impact, and if he even cares how he comes across when he says things like this. Is there an upside (for Elon) to him acting like this?
- theGnuMe 4y agoI mean we went through the Steve Jobs era of product visionary and apparent asshole extraordinaire. I think the average EQ of startup founders is increasing and employees have far less tolerance for horrible bosses. So with more options comes more opportunity and the power of assholes in charge decreases. >Is there an upside (for Elon) to him acting like Behind every mad man is a sad man. He is using his workaholism (his addiction to work and also his addiction to power) to ease his depression. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-says-he-may-have-depression-like-millions-of-overworked-americans-in-their-40s-and-50s-2017-08-01 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-says-he-may-have... Even Steve Jobs was depressed and his covert depression became overt after he was fired from Apple.