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December 19, 2006
Book Review: The No Asshole Rule: "Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't,"
It's not often that you see a book with the a-word in the title but author Robert Sutton, PhD was able to get his publisher to roll with it for his book: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Among other things, Sutton dives into the the new management consultant buzzword Total Cost of Assholes (TCA).
"My favorite one is about a company called SuccessFactors, an enterprise software firm in San Mateo. They've been around for almost seven years. Lars Dalgaard is the founder. For the first six and a half years of their existence, they said they had a "no a--hole rule" and had employees sign an agreement that they wouldn't be a--holes. Lars recently came up with a list of the company's accomplishments, including not having hired any a--holes in the first six and a half years. Then they changed the wording from "a--holes" to "jerks" because some of the customers didn't like the language.
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Posted by Paul at December 19, 2006 05:44 AM
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