According to an opinion piece in ComputerWorld, "Geeks are smart and creative, but they are also egocentric, antisocial, managerially and business-challenged, victim-prone, bullheaded and credit-whoring. To overcome these intractable behavioral deficits you must do X, Y and Z."
See http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137708/Opinion_The_unspoken_truth_about_managing_geeks for the full article.