Max Joseph examines whether successful leaders have to be jerks
Max Joseph · Commentary · 35 min · 2017 · YouTube title: DICKS: Do you need to be one to be a successful leader?
Why it's here
HN recommends it as a thoughtful critique of the great-leader-as-jerk myth in threads on difficult bosses.
What it covers
Filmmaker Max Joseph's 35-minute video essay asks whether you have to be a jerk to be a successful leader. It draws on Adam Grant's givers and takers, Robert Greene and famous demanding directors.