I've had to manage those folks. The relationship tended to not last, but I didn't need to fire them. I won't back down from requiring results, and they tended to have kind of "stress meltdowns." It wasn't a very good experience for anyone.

For the people that performed well, despite their personalities, my team was a dream job, unless they were so bad that they broke the team (see "stress meltdown," above). I didn't really tolerate folks that wouldn't work well with others (lower right quadrant).

I was fortunate enough to work with folks that fit in the upper right quadrant. I don't think I ever had anyone up in the corner. Most were near the middle, sometimes, middle right. My bosses tended to be lower right.

Me? Depends on who you ask. I was probably middle top, for folks that worked well, and lower right, for folks that did not. Most of the folks that worked for me were technically better than I was, and that was fine.

I didn't run a day camp, and did not insist that everyone be on the same "psychic wavelength," or whatever. I hired experienced people with diverse backgrounds and drivers. It was my job to manage each one, individually.