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Robert I. Sutton
Robert Sutton is a Stanford Professor, organizational researcher, and best-selling author. His six management books include New York Times bestsellers "The No A**hole Rule" and "Good Boss, Bad Boss." His forthcoming book (with Stanford's Huggy Rao) is "Scaling Up Excellence." It is the first... show more

Robert Sutton is a Stanford Professor, organizational researcher, and best-selling author. His six management books include New York Times bestsellers "The No A**hole Rule" and "Good Boss, Bad Boss." His forthcoming book (with Stanford's Huggy Rao) is "Scaling Up Excellence." It is the first major management book on tackling this crucial and universal challenge, and is the product of a seven-year effort by Rao and Sutton. To learn more about the book, read new posts and articles on scaling, and to contribute your own story or ask Rao and Sutton questions, please visit www.scalingupexcellence.com.Sutton was named as one of 10 "B-School All-Stars" by BusinessWeek, described as "professors who are influencing contemporary business thinking far beyond academia." Sutton is an IDEO Fellow and co-founder of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Center for Work, Technology and Organization, and Stanford Design Institute (the "d.school"). He has written over 100 academic and popular articles and chapters, and over 1000 blog posts. He often leads workshops and gives speeches about his books and is academic director of several Stanford executive programs including Leading for Strategic Execution and (with Huggy Rao) Customer-focused Innovation. Sutton blogs at www.bobsutton.net and tweets @work_matters.
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Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it 7 years ago
With my interest in behavioral economics piqued, I found this book by searching "behavioral economics" in my library's e-collection and narrowing the results to available mp3 audiobooks. This yielded a fairly short list, and this one interested me more than the others. Nothing too surprising in t...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 7 years ago
In this book, Sutton 1) defines workplace assholes, 2) describes the damage they can do to their workplaces and to themselves, 3) outlines how workplaces can try to implement a “no asshole” rule, 4) describes how you can keep from being an asshole, 5) provides tips for dealing with workplace asshole...
KAOReads
KAOReads rated it 12 years ago
I picked this up in search for advice on how to deal with assholes in my professional life. Unfortunately, the only real solution is NOT to deal with assholes in your professional life, and this book convinced me of that fact. The No Asshole Rule empowered me by providing criterea with which to ev...
Tin Story Elephant
Tin Story Elephant rated it 14 years ago
I read about this book online and got it out of desperation because I work for an asshole and my job is full of rude, mean people. I find myself starting to have a shorter fuse, starting to be meaner. In short, it feels terrible there and I feel terrible.I thought this book might help me manage myse...
BookHounds
BookHounds rated it 14 years ago
I thought the author's book, The No Asshole Rule, was one of the best business books I have ever read and continue to recommend it to friends. This new book, Good Boss, Bad Boss should be given to all graduating college students since they will one day be the boss. This is such an easy to read boo...
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