Co-Host: Anne Dranitsaris and Heather Hilliard - Caliber Leadership Systems
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This is one of those rare shows featuring two guests. Anne Dranitsaris and Heather Hilliard specialize in empowering leaders to greater excellence, but what really caught my attention was their work in helping people deal with jerks, while also helping jerky people be less so.
Probably the most fascinating part of it all is the premise that plenty of us are acting like jerks without even realizing it. So then, how is ‘jerk’ defined, anyway? Is being jerky synonymous with being narcissistic? Or is there more to it?
Are jerks born or made? Is there any hope for that guy who’s genuinely trying not to be a jerk, but he has to consciously fight it at every turn? And what if someone actually likes being a jerk and doesn’t care to change?
What do you do if someone who is a jerk starts acting like you’re the jerk, not them? And how can you really tell? How does ‘the quest to be right’ apply to jerky behavior?
Do you really have to be either ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ or a ‘Bad Boy Jerk’? Why do douchebags get ahead? Meanwhile, nice guys get no respect, and shy guys are often responded to in flat-out anger. Why do our efforts not to upset people often end up with people being more upset?
Is today’s culture of victimization creating more jerks…or simply shining the light on the ones who have always been out there?
What if your boss is a jerk? What is it about management and the Dunning-Kruger Effect? And why do we keep voting jerks into high political office?
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