The heart to conquer it...

[sage]

Re: guy at work: Is this guy on your team? Why is Mgt working around him? Does he have a say in how you get your work done?

Sorry if the questions sound irrelevant; I’m just wondering why this guy can have such an impact on so many people.

WELL...he's one of the founders of the company

Simply put, the guy is quite brilliant but alienating and overly emotional and often hurtful. He can't manage himself or anyone else so they've moved him around (once the company was public) so he can do less harm. right now he's the technical advisor on the program I'm running so in theory, he shouldn't be dictating HOW my work gets done but since he has so much influence on WHAT gets done that it gets blurry.

Today was a "good day" for him -- he was very team oriented, very solicitous, etc. Those tend to be followed with bad days after a bit...the good news, though, is that he's going on vacation next week.

Sage