The No Asshole Rule
Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Published on 2. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7499-5403-1 (ISBN)
Description
The definitive guide to working with -- and surviving -- bullies, creeps, jerks, tyrants, tormentors, despots, backstabbers, egomaniacs, and all the other assholes who do their best to destroy you at work.
"What an asshole!"
How many times have you said that about someone at work? You're not alone! In this groundbreaking book, Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton builds on his acclaimed Harvard Business Review article to show you the best ways to deal with assholes...and why they can be so destructive to your company. Practical, compassionate, and in places downright funny, this guide offers:
*Strategies on how to pinpoint and eliminate negative influences for good
*Illuminating case histories from major organizations
*A self-diagnostic test and a program to identify and keep your own "inner jerk" from coming out
The No Asshole Rule is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Business Week bestseller.
"What an asshole!"
How many times have you said that about someone at work? You're not alone! In this groundbreaking book, Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton builds on his acclaimed Harvard Business Review article to show you the best ways to deal with assholes...and why they can be so destructive to your company. Practical, compassionate, and in places downright funny, this guide offers:
*Strategies on how to pinpoint and eliminate negative influences for good
*Illuminating case histories from major organizations
*A self-diagnostic test and a program to identify and keep your own "inner jerk" from coming out
The No Asshole Rule is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Business Week bestseller.
Reviews / Votes
Entertaining and important ... This book is a blow for humanity as well as management * OBSERVER * This meticulously researched book . . . puts into plain language an undeniable fact: the modern workplace is beset with a**holes . . . Sure to generate discussion around watercoolers * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * The definitive guide to understanding, counteracting, and not becoming an a**hole. I am qualified to make this judgment because (a) I've been an a**hole a few times and (b) been a victim of a**holes more than a few times * Guy Kawasaki * A wry and useful look at the patterns of bullying in the workplace * IRISH TIMES *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
183 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7499-5403-1 (9780749954031)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Book
12/2010
Sphere
€28.67
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Person
Robert Sutton is a Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He is the author of several business books and is also a frequent guest on radio and television shows in the US.