From the bestselling expert -- a helpful, entertaining and evidence-based guide to dealing with horrible people.
Robert Sutton is the bestselling author of The No Asshole Rule, on building civilized workplaces, which has sold 800,000 copies around the world, Good Boss, Bad Boss and Scaling Up Excellence. A professor at Stanford's Department of Management Science and Engineering, he co-launched the Designing Organizational Change Project, which develops evidence-based and useful ways to change organizations for the better. He is a fellow at IDEO and has published over 150 articles in academic journals and outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, the McKinsey Quarterly, and the Financial Times.
'With cutting-edge research and real-life examples that are
thought-provoking and often hilarious, this is an indispensable
resource'
*Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project*
'At last someone has provided clear steps for rejecting,
deflecting, and deflating the jerks who blight our lives'
*Robert Cialdini, author of Influence and Pre-Suasion*
'If only Bob Sutton's book had been available to help me deal with
the full complement of 1st-class assholes I've encountered in my
50-year professional life. No names shall be mentioned'
*Tom Peters, co-author of In Search of Excellence*
A contemporary classic
*bestselling author of To Sell is Human and Drive*
As much as we try to avoid assholes, inevitably they appear in our
lives. Bob Sutton gives a menu of clear, thoughtful, and practical
solutions for surviving and thriving in that painful situation.
With cutting-edge research and real-life examples that are
thought-provoking and often hilarious, The Asshole Survival Guide
is an indispensable resource.
*Gretchen Rubin*
Bob Sutton is very wise and very funny, AND he can tell you exactly
how to handle the unfortunate reality that into every life a few
assholes must fall. The Asshole Survival Guide is destined to
become your go-to resource whenever you find yourself dealing with
people who would treat you poorly
*Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of 'Quiet'*
At last someone has provided clear steps for rejecting, deflecting,
and deflating the jerks who blight our lives. Better still, that
someone is the great Bob Sutton, which ensures that the information
is useful, evidence-based, and fun to read
*author of New York Times bestsellers INFLUENCE and
PRE-SUASION*
No matter what industry or profession you work in, you will always
encounter people who are unpleasant, off-putting, or downright
self-centered. Thank goodness Bob Sutton has provided us with such
a well-crafted guide for surviving these jerks. It is mandatory
reading for anyone who strives to endure, escape, fend-off, and
bring them down
*founder and past CEO of Joie de Vivre hotels, advisor and former
Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy at Airbnb, author of four
books including the New York Times best seller Emotional
Equations.*
With humor, understanding and comprehensive research - and an ah-ha
moment on every page - this is a must-have for leaders and climbing
stars alike, from the expert on the subject. Bravo!
*author of the #1 New York Times bestseller TRIGGERS*
This is the guide you need for handling the worst people in your
life-and making sure they don't rub off on you. If you've ever had
a horrible boss, client, or colleague, this book is bursting with
advice that's often ingenious and always actionable. And if your
world has been free of jerks, consider this an insurance policy
*Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of 'Give and Take'
and 'Originals' and co-author of 'Option B'*
Assholes are like the weather-everybody complains about them but
nobody ever does anything about them. Until, that is, Robert
Sutton's Asshole Survival Guide. Sutton offers a wealth of helpful,
and dare I say wise suggestions about how to identify and deal with
the assholes in your organization, or at least minimize the damage
they do to the well-being and productivity of others. (I'd also
suggest bringing it along to family reunions and PTA meetings
*University of California at Berkeley, author of Ascent of the
A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years*
Reading The Asshole Survival Guide made me wistful. If only Bob
Sutton's book had been available to help me deal with the full
complement of 1st-class assholes I've encountered in my 50-year
professional life. No names shall be mentioned
*Tom Peters, co-author of the international bestseller 'In Search
of Excellence'*
One of the biggest impediments to achieving a great workplace is
assholes. Their behavior creates a hostile work environment that
leads to decreased engagement, productivity and employee loyalty.
Bob Sutton has written a fantastic book that explains the severity
of the problem and provides useful strategies for dealing with
it
*Chairman and former long-time CEO of Baird, ranked fourth on
Fortune’s Top 100 Companies to Work For and renowned for its
long-time “no assholes” policy*
It's hard to know how to react to a jerk, so The Asshole Survival
Guide is a Godsend. Obnoxious behavior is a double whammy. First,
you feel mad at the other person. Next, you feel mad at yourself
for your response / lack of response. It's being mad at yourself
that is both hard to be aware of, and is most debilitating. With
this brilliant and funny book, Bob Sutton saves you from fear,
loathing, and self-loathing!
*bestselling author of the New York Times bestseller, Radical
Candor, cofounder of Candor, Inc, former executive at Google and
Apple*
In this most-welcome sequel to Sutton's bestselling The No Asshole
Rule, the author turns from an organization-wide perspective to an
individual one, outlining strategies for dealing with difficult
people at work. Readers will shake their heads-both in horror and
recognition-at Sutton's real-life examples of egregious behavior.
However, Sutton also shares true stories, provided by readers, of
successful strategies for thwarting the bullies.
*Publisher's Weekly*
If everyone had paid attention to the Stanford business professor's
best-selling 2007 management manifesto, "The No Asshole Rule,"
there would be no need for a follow-up. Yet here we are.
*Esquire*
Sutton offers a variety of techniques that people suffering the
presence of difficult individuals at their work, in their sports
teams or just in everyday life can employ to deal with them or
fight back. There is even help with discovering whether or not you
are an asshole yourself - and what to do about it if you do
something that makes you one... This is a small book but it could
play a big part in making us treat others better
*Forbes*
You are armed and ready to handle ghastly people wherever you might
find them
*FT Business Books of the Month*
This survival guide is here to help you from going insane. It's
full of science-driven tips and strategies on how to deal with
nasty bosses, manipulative colleagues, or other general jerks in
your life.
*W Magazine*
People are jerks. And there's plenty of evidence to prove it in the
very blunt self-help book called "The A-hole Survival Guide," a
scholarly source that teaches fed-up readers how to deal with
co-workers, strangers and just about anyone who sucks.
*Moneyish*
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