When outcome matters, competence > likability

I personally found this interesting.

We always talk about wanting bosses who are "empathetic" or "personable," and that's largely true. No one wants to work for an asshole or a jerk, or at least I'd hope most humans would not want to. 

At the same time, we talk a lot about "likability" around colleagues too. We know there's a lot of power to having friend…