This is right on. Just because he's a guy that gets a lot of challenging stuff done and can also be a jerk doesn't mean that being a jerk is somehow essential t

This is right on. Just because he's a guy that gets a lot of challenging stuff done and can also be a jerk doesn't mean that being a jerk is somehow essential to getting a lot of challenging stuff done. Correlation isn't causation, etc. He's a jerk because he can get away with it, plain and simple. I sort of understand the people who are amused by his jerkiness, but at the same time I frequently get the vibe that many of those people wish they could be jerks too in their day to day life, so they're living vicariously through him. I can slip up and be a jerk too sometimes but it's not something I aspire to, and I don't know why anyone else would. That's only a form of leadership if the people you are leading are idiots and/or jerks themselves.