Five types of work jerk and how to deal with them
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Ten years ago, the typically sober and staid management book genre welcomed an off-colour title to its shelves. Despite a name unable to be printed in a family newspaper, US professor Robert Sutton`s The No A--hole Rule became a runaway bestseller, selling 800,000 copies and sparking translations into languages including Polish and Japanese. It was based on a simple idea, brought to life by crude language but grounded in academic research, corporate case studies and an entirely relatable idea: companies that adopt a no-jerks policy simply perform better. But if that book was largely written for managers and human resources wonks as a warning against hiring creeps, Sutton`s newest one is for...