>If I encounter such types I switch into very old mechanisms:
>Have one person estimate all the tasks, but let all others pick their tasks >knowing the estimates before he gets his pick. That way he will do his >level best to get correct estimates, as the job where the greatest >discrepance *not* in his favour is likely to be left for him. Won't work in >areas with special knowledge, but variations on that theme can be brought >into play.

The problem is that he assigns the tasks and gives estimates. In one instance he asked someone to write a business hours/days calculator in 3 hours.
This is funny: While he does all his work in teams (him talking the other workin) , when I requested that my work should be done in teams as well( the idea was to have him work on my team) he gave me this Seinfeld like line:
'You can work by yourself as a team. Now you are the lead, then you change into the dba and then into developer. It is actually easier this way'

lol.