20 Jerks You Know
#1. Oblivious jerks: don’t see how their behavior harms others. Thinks people should grow up.
#2. Coldhearted jerks: see how they drive people crazy, but don’t care.
#3. Visionary jerks: believe vision justifies walking on people.
#4. Genius jerks: have remarkable insights that exempt them from good manners.
#5. High performing jerks: place results over relationships.
#6. Insecure jerks: put others down to feel better about themselves. Criticism shields inadequacy.
#7. Stressed out jerks: act decently on good days. Pressure is an excuse for cruelty.
#8. Passive-aggressive jerks: smile in meetings and backstab in hallways. They avoid direct conflict and create indirect misery.
#9. Victim jerks: believe their happiness is your responsibility.
#10. Micromanaging jerks: trust no one. They suffocate initiative while convincing themselves they’re helping.
#11. Entitled jerks: believe the rules apply to everyone else. Special treatment feels deserved.
#12. Bully jerks: use intimidation, anger, or fear to get their way.
#13. Know-it-all jerks: are more interested in being right than learning. Conversations are competitions.
#14. Credit-snatching jerks: do 10% of the work but take 100% of the spotlight. They show up for the win, but not the sweat.
#15. Miserly jerks: hoard information. They believe keeping others in the dark elevates their own status.
#16. Chameleon jerks: kiss up and kick down. They are angels to leadership, but a nightmare to peers and subordinates.
#17. Ghosting jerks: enthusiastic during brainstorming. But leave execution and clean up the others.
#18. Boundary-busting jerks: expect 24/7 availability because their lack of planning is “your emergency.”
#19. Cynical jerks: kill momentum. They believe relentless negativity is “realism.”
#20. Chaos-making jerks: manufacture emergencies to cover their lack of performance.
Which jerk is your “favorite?”
What kind of jerk can you add to this list?
3 Ways to Protect Good Managers from Becoming Jerk-holes – Leadership Freak
6 types of bad bosses and how to deal with them – Fast Company
Follow Leadership Freak. I plan to explain how to deal with jerks over the next few posts.
