BNET Book Brief: The No ******* Rule

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  jasonlopez09/28/07 Report as spam
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  Excellent video

  Very creative, entertaining and full of good information. This was web video at its best.

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  kfisher@...10/29/07 Report as spam
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  RE: BNET Book Brief: The No ******* Rule

  The video presentation was informative and enlightening. I will purchased the book.

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  jpacileo10/31/07 Reported as spam
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  RE: BNET Book Brief: The No ******* Rule

  Yeas there are those JERKS in the work place and I have worked for more than my share of them...but the title of your book turns me off and I could not recommend it to anyone because of the title. The AHole word to me is unprofessional. Too much crude language has infiltrated our work office environment. I hear CEO's and COO's and secretaries use the F word in meetings as well. The book may have some excellent points and the title does present a "shock" approach but, sorry I could not buy the book based on the title. To me the title tells me more about the author on the inside. Thank you!

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  jpacileo10/31/07 Reported as spam
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  Sound Language

  Also - after listening to the video,a short portion of it, I sure would not want me kids exposed to his mouth. I am an old Navy guy and I have heard all kinds of language some of it was invented along the way but there is no need for it especially in an educational professional environment...it is usually a shortcoming of a personality complex. Get a grip man! Have some positive impact on peoples lives rather than calling them an ahole.

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  jpacileo10/31/07 Report as spam
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  RE: BNET Book Brief: The No ******* Rule

  Yes there are those JERKS in the work place and I have worked for more than my share of them...but the title of your book turns me off and I could not recommend it to anyone because of the title. The AHole word to me is unprofessional. Too much crude language has infiltrated our work office environment. I hear CEO's and COO's and secretaries use the F word in meetings as well. The book may have some excellent points and the title does present a "shock" approach but, sorry I could not buy the book based on the title. To me the title tells me more about the author on the inside. Thank you!

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  bobsut@...11/01/07 Report as spam
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  No Other Word Captures It

  I certainly respect that some people will be offended by my use of this mild obscenity. I've thought about it a lot, and you might check out my post "Why I Call Them A**holes." See http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/10/why_i_call_them.html
  
  The key arguments I make include:
  
  1. I wanted a title that people would actually remember.
  2. I study the workplace, often as an ethnographer, and one of the hallmarks of good workplace research is that it -- even it is is sometimes offensive to some people -- researchers are expected to present words and images that reflect how people actually talk and act, not some prissy and sanitized version that masks the truth. The word "a**hole" reflects how people actually talk about these creeps -- the prior commentor may hope that it isn't true, but it is. And indeed, if you go to my blog at www.bobsutton.net you will see a list if many people and places that use the term (in its uncensored form, not in the form required here. Check out SuccessFactors as an example.
  3. This book reflects my values and how I think and talk. If you don't like it, you don't have to buy it or look at it. When I see one person being nasty to another, that is the word I use... no other word quite captures the emotion that goes with it. And I can tell you by the reaction to the book -- not just in the US, but places where it is selling just as well including Italy and Germany -- the reaction is similar.
  4, Finally, again, for me, no other word works as well as a means of internal control. When I am being nasty, and need to stop, I don;t say to myself "Gee Bob, you are being a jerk." I say to myself "You are being an "A**hole. Stop it ."
  
  So, in terms of accuracy, authenticity, and emotional wallop, at least for me, all other words are inferior.

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  ollyl@...12/04/07 Report as spam
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  RE: BNET Book Brief: The No ******* Rule

  Whilst I applaud the sentiment I have a problem with using the term
  a*****e. It may be hip and clever, but it tends to trivialize a serious problem in society, not just business. Toxic people are poison to society. They bully, intimidate and virtually destroy people who would otherwise be positive, contributing members of a group, either social or corporate. The term I know them as is 'corporate psychos." They must be either contained or set adrift. I hope people read the book and recognise that the job of containing these people is everyone's.
  
  Ollie Lind
  Hunter Express

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  Bette55512/04/07 Report as spam
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  Bullies in the Workplace

  Oh, yes. Making life, progression in your profession, and 50 hours a week utter misery.

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  pomberner@...12/05/07 Report as spam
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  RE: BNET Book Brief: The No ******* Rule

  I loved this. Apparently some people don't work with enough aholes to know how appropriate the title is.
  
  I work in a very toxic place and I loved this video. It's a perfect title IMHO for those who have to live in this kind of workplace day after day. I'm buying the book.

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  acourtin@...12/10/07 Report as spam
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  I love it

  This is just great and so true.

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  sylvia62612/16/07 Report as spam
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  Every company should HAVE this rule!!!

  i couldn't stop laughing!

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  Nanettet04/14/08 Report as spam
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  RE: BNET Book Brief: The No ******* Rule

  I would love to implement the no, diva, drama queen, self absorb rule!