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1. Sometimes the best management is no management at all -- first do no harm!
2. Indifference is as important as passion.
3. Saying smart things and giving smart answers are important. Learning to listen to others and to ask smart questions is more important.
4. You get what you expect from people. This is especially true when it comes to selfish behavior; unvarnished self-interest is a learned social norm, not an unwavering feature of human behavior.
5. Avoid pompous jerks whenever possible. They not only can make you feel bad about yourself, chances are that you will eventually start acting like them.
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12. Jimmy Maloney is right, work is an overrated activity.

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A List of Places That Don't Tolerate Assholes

Last week, a reporter asked me if The No Asshole Rule was ever actually used in organizations. That question motivated me to assemble a diverse list of places where the rule is used or has been used to help sustain civility. (The picture to the left is CEO Lars Dalgaard standing next to the "no assholes" sign at SuccessFactors). Finding and studying these examples is important, I believe, because they suggest a host of ways that people can install and spread the rule. Check out my new post over at Huffington on Places That Don’t Tolerate Assholes for details, but here is the list (many of which have appeared here in bits and pieces):

Barclays Capital

The Disbarred Lawyer

Lloyd Gosselink and Perkins Coie

Sterling Foundation Management

Gold's Gym

van Aartrijk Group

The Wine Buyer

“Asshole-Free Section” in a Bar

Washington Mutual

Texas Bible Studies Class

SuccessFactors

Arup’s “No Dickhead Rule”

If you have more examples, I would love to hear them. I am especially interested in cases where once nasty places were transformed into civilized places.

June 27, 2007 in The No Asshole Rule | Permalink

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Great to see such a wide variety of "asshole free zones" out there!

Posted by: Pam | June 29, 2007 at 05:00 AM

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