The No Asshole Rule
by Robert I. Sutton
A serious book under a crude title: the damage that demeaning people do to organisations (measured in turnover, errors and lost output), how to screen them out, how to survive them, and how to notice when you are becoming one. It is short and backed by research.
Read it if…
you work with or for someone toxic and want both evidence and tactics.
Skip it if…
the title offends you more than the behaviour it describes.
Three things you will actually use
- Toxic high performers cost more than they produce.
- One rule, consistently enforced, changes a culture.
- Everyone is an asshole sometimes; the rule is about persistent ones.
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Calculate the real cost of your worst colleague's behaviour in hours and departures.
Our verdict
Serious book, crude title.
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