The Osmond Brothers got it wrong. One bad apple CAN spoil the whole darn bunch. And thata4‚¬a4„s especially true in the startup world. A negative and selfish employee can start a contagion throughout the company, causing other employees to act the same way and sucking up more of managementa4‚¬a4„s time, says Stanford Professor and author Bob Sutton in this entrepreneur thought leader lecture given at Stanford University. Reforming those bad apples is possible, but there comes a point where you have to cut your losses.
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