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‘prima donna’

July 8, 2008 |

‘a temperamental person; a person who takes adulation and privileged treatment as a right and reacts with petulance to criticism or inconvenience’

Sure we all come across these people in general work place, life and when running projects. The world of academia tends to have its fair share of ‘donna’s’ but put one in charge of a major project or programme and your in trouble. The self centric world they exist in does not lend itself to the perceptive, team playing and emphatic nature required that lead to successful outcomes. They also generally piss off everyone around them to no good effect.

The worst part is they end up bullying and scaring people into not challenging their behaviour. What is worst people give into their demands and that makes things worst longer term.

 There are those brave souls who challenge this behaviour. This is not usually a popular past time as more people don’t like trouble or conflict. What would you do? 


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