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It’s Better to Avoid a Toxic Employee than Hire a Superstar

Harvard Business Review

And aside from performance, bad guys often win at work because they exhibit other valued traits, like charisma, curiosity, and high self-esteem. Still, they aren’t likely to help the organization in the long term. “The medical term primum non nocere (first do no harm) I think applies here,” Minor told me.