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In most places, certified assholes are tolerated, but only up to a point.
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‘Extraordinary talent’ is an all-purpose justification for tolerating, pampering, and kissing up to these destructive jerks.
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If you are a really big winner, you can get away with being a really big asshole.
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At places that are most vehement and effective at enforcing the no asshole rule, ’employee performance’ and ‘treatment of others’ aren’t separate things.
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Most organizations, especially big ones, have written policies that sound like censored versions of the no asshole rule.
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Assholes tend to stick together, and once stuck are not easily separated.
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Managers will reproduce themselves in the hiring process, and soon… your organization will be dominated by assholes…
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Organizations that are serious about enforcing the no asshole rule apply it to customers, clients, students, and everyone else encountered on the job, not just to employees.
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…being put in positions of power blinds them to the fact that they are acting like jerks.
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…enforcing a no asshole rule doesn’t mean turning your organization into a paradise for conflict-averse wimps.
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