Soon after writing The No Asshole Rule in 2007, Robert Sutton received an email from a Silicon Valley CEO. Plus, “When I encounter a mean-spirited person, the first thing I think is ‘Wow, what an asshole’!” he writes in the opening of The No Asshole Rule.) A Stanford University professor and organizational psychologist, Sutton knows he has to be cautious about diagnosing from a distance. “If you can ship the local asshole to another building, or even just 20 or 30 more feet away, you can reduce your distress and risk of infection,” he says. “They have complete awareness.”Years ago, Sutton created the Asshole Rating Self-Exam, or ARSE, an online, non-scientific 24-question quiz.

Source: National Post September 28, 2017 18:34 UTC