Funnily enough that's also often the issue with engineers - good at technical things but not so good elsewhere. There's a reason we all have different jobs.
>Funnily enough that's also often the issue with engineers - good at technical things but not so good elsewhere.
Exactly. There's plenty of examples of people we consider great engineers in history. Does it matter that some of them may have been terrible marriage partners? When we're discussing their engineering accomplishments, no. When we're talking about someone as a great scientist, engineer, business leader, etc., we're not also claiming that they're literally a saint. Of course they have flaws in other parts of their lives; everyone does.
Good CEOs are good at being CEOs. That doesn't mean that they're good people.
Steve Jobs was pretty famously an a-hole, and did a number of morally questionable things.
But he also took Apple from the verge of bankrupcy to one of the most valuable companies in the world.
OJ Simpson was a fantastic football player. And he murdered (my opinion) Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
It's OK to acknowledge that some people are good at one thing and are also terrible in other ways.