A couple weeks ago, I got an email from the Chief of Neonatology at a large hospital (they take care of new infants, especially the sick and premature). She wrote:
“After recently reading your book, "The No Asshole Rule" I bought
an additional 20 copies for my faculty and fellows. I plan on using it as
the basis of discussion for our annual retreat this fall. Do you have any
recommendations for activities that we can do in addition to general discussion
of the principles of the book?”
This is a damn good question. And indeed, it is
something that I've been thinking about ever since. I have counseled quite a few leaders by now
about the steps required to implement the rule, and when I speak to groups
about workplace assholes, I talk about how to
implement the rule in some detail (I focus in organizational practices – selection,
rewards, leadership, managing the little moments, and so on -- based in the ideas in Chapter 3 of the
book). But I have not developed interactive materials for workshops with small
groups. I made a few suggestions to this
doctor based on role playing exercises that I’ve used for other purposes, such
as teaching Stanford students how to deal with difficult interview questions
and nasty interviewers. And I know that
most organizations –- by law, in most cases -- do harassment training;
perhaps such materials can be expanded to include bullying (or have been already).
I don’t know nearly enough to answer this
question well. If any of you have any
suggestions about how to run such workshop, or know of existing materials, I
would appreciate your ideas.
Thanks,
Bob
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