《哈佛商業評論》‧年度「突破性觀念」
鵝毛筆大獎‧年度最佳商業書
惡人到處都有,差不多每個行業、每個國家全無例外。你也許用惡棍、無賴、渾球、奸人、虐待狂、專橫、毒舌、土匪、自大狂、屁蛋、屁眼等不同字眼來形容這種人。可是對蘇頓教授而言,只有「混蛋」(asshole)最能朗朗上口,並精確捕捉了大家對這些惡人的恐懼與厭惡。
當《哈佛商業評論》請蘇頓教授針對年度「突破性觀念」提出推薦時,他以為像「混蛋」這種字眼難登大雅之堂,半開玩笑地列了上去,不料竟被選上。這也是作者在該刊物上所發表的五篇論文中,收到最多迴響的一篇,顯見大家在生活或工作上深受混蛋之苦。
不論這些卑鄙小人被冠上什麼名號,他們對自己的行為毫無所察。更糟的是,很多人還洋洋自得。雖然有些渾球偶爾會對自己的行為感到難為情,但最後仍無法克制自己的惡行。不過,不論哪一種混蛋全都一副德行,他們全都觸怒、打擊、傷害他們的同儕、上司、下屬,甚至顧客。
人們所傳達出的恐懼與絕望、他們用來在混蛋成災的職場勉力求生又不失尊嚴的招數、各種讓人開懷大笑的報復故事,以及他們對抗卑鄙小人的許多小勝利…..在在說服蘇頓博士著手書寫《拒絕混蛋守則》。本書提倡人們應該在一個文明的職場工作,萬一混蛋當道,又該如何生存。以及,最重要的,如何避免自己變成他人心中的那位豬頭或混蛋。
本書特色
我們絕大多數人難免得在職場上跟混蛋打交道。《拒絕混蛋守則》寫的是這些有害無益的人物類型如何傷害同儕、減損組織績效。這冊小書也教大家如何杜絕敗類進入你的職場、如何改造你擺脫不掉的混蛋、如何趕走那些沒辦法或不願意改變態度的人,以及如何控制卑鄙小人造成的破壞,而且也避免自己成為其中一員。
太多證據顯示文明職場絕非天真的夢想,它們確實存在,團體或組織若管理得當,充斥職場的敵意是可以被相互尊重所消弭和取代的──而且,文明的職場通常能有更卓越的績效。這冊小書會讓每一個覺得受到混蛋壓迫的人產生共鳴,並提供慰藉。
不論混蛋是你的同事、上司,或者很難帶的部屬,透過「混蛋檢驗標準」、「總混蛋成本」TCA 值(Total Cost of Assholes)、正牌混蛋「自我檢驗表」、及解析混蛋慣常採用的十二大奧步,本書將能提供切實可行的計劃,幫助你驅逐與改造討厭的人,或者當驅逐與改造不可行時,幫助你降低這些小人對你以及職場所造成的傷害。
★本書中文版《拒絕混蛋守則》由大塊文化出版
The No Asshole Rule was awarded a Quill Award as the Best Business Book of 2007.
When Robert Sutton's "No Asshole Rule" appeared in the Harvard Business Review, readers of this staid publication were amazed at the outpouring of support for this landmark essay. The idea was based on the notion, as adapted in hugely successful companies like Google and SAS, that employees with malicious intents or negative attitudes destroyed any sort of productive and pleasant working environment, and would hinder the entire operation's success.
Now using case studies from these and many more corporations that have had unquestioned success using variations of "The No Asshole Rule," Sutton's book aims to show managers that by hiring mean-spirited employees - regardless of talent - saps energy from everyone who must deal with said new hires. Such insights will come from:
- Seattle law firm Perkins Coie, which instituted a "no jerks allowed" policy, helping them earn a spot on Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list.
- United States Supreme Court Fellow Robert Clayman, who noticed that "assholes" in the highest branch of government turned a blind eye to initiatives that would curb abusive and violent behavior.
- Testimony from a former American Airlines manager about how former CEO Bob Crandall's abusive "tough love" behavior actually caused psychological harm to those he was attempting to motivate.
作者簡介
混蛋剋星 / 羅伯.蘇頓 博士 Robert I. Sutton
史丹佛大學工學院管理科學及管理工程教授,著有《11 1/2逆向管理》(Weird Ideas that Work,《哈佛商業評論》年度十大好書,中文版由大塊出版)、與人合著《知行之間》(The Knowing-Doing Gap)。《拒絕混蛋守則》一書的前身,係作者發表於《哈佛商業評論》年度「突破性觀念」專欄的一篇廣受回響的文章:〈太麻煩,不值得〉(More Trouble Than They're Worth),在這篇短文中,「混蛋」這字眼出現了八次之多。