Ugly directors: A little in each of us

IN my two previous articles, "Good directors hard to find" and "Keeping the bad directors at bay" (BT, Oct 26 and Nov 2), I described the characteristics of good and bad directors. It is really hard to find the perfect director or a really bad one.

For most of us mortals, we do have occasional ugly sides that emerge and when in excessive doses, can become grating on our fellow directors.

To illustrate these undesirable behaviours, think of the following archetypes of ugly directors.