#10 bestseller analyzes workplace bullies

[Martin]

http://www.amazon.com/Asshole-Rule-Civilized-Workplace-Surviving/dp/0446526568/ref=pd_ts_b_10/002-1987816-1968818?ie=UTF8&s=books

 

I just noticed that this book is #10 among all books that Amazon sells, that means it is up there with Harry Potter and the top diet and selfhelp books. The book is titled

The No Asshole Rule

 

Has anybody seen a copy?

 

According to reviews, the book gives a number of case stories of different types of bully (aka "asshole") and studies the loss they cause in terms of productivity----and why assholes are tolerated much of the time despite the damage they do to the company.

 

I thought it was remarkable that bullying should be seen as such a widespread problem that a book like this would get to be #10 bestseller. That means an awful lot of people are buying it!

 

Here are exerpts of the reviews that Amazon posted.

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From Publishers Weekly

 

This meticulously researched book, which grew from a much buzzed-about article in the Harvard Business Review, puts into plain language an undeniable fact: the modern workplace is beset with assholes. Sutton (Weird Ideas that Work), a professor of management science at Stanford University, argues that assholes—those who deliberately make co-workers feel bad about themselves and who focus their aggression on the less powerful—poison the work environment, decrease productivity, induce qualified employees to quit and therefore are detrimental to businesses, regardless of their individual effectiveness. He also makes the solution plain: they have to go.

 

Direct and punchy, Sutton uses accessible language and a bevy of examples to make his case, providing tests to determine if you are an asshole (and if so, advice for how to self-correct), a how-to guide to surviving environments where assholes freely roam and a carefully calibrated measure, the "Total Cost of Assholes," by which corporations can assess the damage...

 

From Booklist (American Library Association)

... Sutton's "no asshole rule" puts a stop to the abuse in no uncertain terms. Similar rules have transformed such companies as JetBlue, the Men's Wearhouse, and Google into shining examples of workplaces...

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