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The No Asshole Rule:
Most organizations, especially big ones, have written policies that sound like censored versions of the no asshole rule.
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The No Asshole Rule:
Writing, displaying, and repeating words about treating people with respect, but allowing or encouraging the opposite behavior, is worse than useless.
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The No Asshole Rule:
Assholes tend to stick together, and once stuck are not easily separated.
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The No Asshole Rule:
Managers will reproduce themselves in the hiring process, and soon… your organization will be dominated by assholes…
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The No Asshole Rule:
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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The No Asshole Rule:
…being put in positions of power blinds them to the fact that they are acting like jerks.
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The No Asshole Rule:
Leaders in most organizations not only get paid more than others, they also enjoy constant deference and false flattery.
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The No Asshole Rule:
Despite all the trappings, some leaders do remain attuned to how people around them are really feeling…
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The No Asshole Rule:
…enforcing a no asshole rule doesn’t mean turning your organization into a paradise for conflict-averse wimps.
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The No Asshole Rule:
…the only thing worse than too much confrontation is no confrontation at all.
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