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        The No Asshole RuleBuilding a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

        Robert I. Sutton

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        The No Asshole Rule

        By: Robert I. Sutton

        Narrarated by: Robert I. Sutton

        The No Asshole Rule was awarded a Quill Award as the Best Business Book of 2007.

        When Robert Sutton's "No Asshole Rule" appeared in the Harvard Business Review, readers of this staid publication were amazed at the outpouring of support for this landmark essay. The idea was based on the notion, as adapted in hugely successful companies like Google and SAS, that employees with malicious intents or negative attitudes destroyed any sort of productive and pleasant working environment, and would hinder the entire operation's success.

        Now using case studies from these and many more corporations that have had unquestioned success using variations of "The No Asshole Rule," Sutton's book aims to show managers that by hiring mean-spirited employees – regardless of talent – saps energy from everyone who must deal with said new hires. Such insights will come from:

        - Seattle law firm Perkins Coie, which instituted a "no jerks allowed" policy, helping them earn a spot on Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list.
        - United States Supreme Court Fellow Robert Clayman, who noticed that "assholes" in the highest branch of government turned a blind eye to initiatives that would curb abusive and violent behavior.
        - Testimony from a former American Airlines manager about how former CEO Bob Crandall's abusive "tough love" behavior actually caused psychological harm to those he was attempting to motivate.

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        New York Times Best Seller

        Total File Size: 82 MB (3 files) Total Length: 2 Hours, 59 Minutes

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        09.17.07
        Robert I. Sutton, The No Asshole Rule
        2007 | Label: Hachette Audio

        You can’t avoid them. They’re everywhere! Each and every office seems to have at least a few employees who bring down the morale of the entire company with their goonish behavior. They’re bullies, meanies, or — as Stanford University management professor Mark Sutton refers to them in his boldly titled book — they’re assholes. In The No Asshole Rule Sutton details just how destructive these brutes can be, in terms of quality of life for individual workers and for business productivity in general. If you’re lucky enough to be the big boss at work, you can follow Sutton’s advice and simply get rid of the offending parties. For everyone else, Sutton offers strategies for coping with your most difficult co-workers. With a bit of emotional detachment and a positive-but-realistic attitude about the office butthead, maybe Monday mornings won’t seem quite so dreary.

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        Fun look into bad coworkers!

        brickchick74

        I bought this book over a year ago after hearing an interview with Robert Sutton on NPR's MarketPlace Money. Sutton was so hilarious, and the book's theme so relevant to me at the time, that I logged into Audible as soon as I got home and downloaded it. I was not at all disappointed in my purchase. If you want to know how to deal with awful bosses and bad coworkers, this is the book for you. Sutton recalls really great stories as examples of the assholes he and others have encountered over the years, and why we should all live by the "No Asshole Rule". Whether you read it or listen to it, I highly recommend this book.

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