The No Asshole Rule:Building a Civilized Workplace And Surviving One That Isn't

Let’s face it: Every office has workers who are flat-out rude, selfish, uncivil, mean-spirited, and who really don’t seem to care who they step on. In The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace And Surviving One That Isn’t, Robert I. Sutton, PhD sheds analytical light on how this ongoing problem ruins morale, lowers productivity, and can truly devastate a company’s culture.

In this summary, we’ll explain how you can pinpoint this problem and eliminate it. This is the definitive guide to working with, and overcoming, people who do their best to destroy you at work.

Sutton is a professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University, co-author of Hard Facts, Dangerous Truths, and Total Nonsense, and author ofWeird Ideas That Work, selected by the Harvard Business Review as one of the top 10 books of the year.

Immediately following the summary, please keep listening as we present a special bonus: our exclusive interview with Dr. Sutton.