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Sutton: Calculate Your "Total Cost of Jerks"
The Find: If you really want to motivate yourself and your company to root out jerks and their productivity and creativity sucking behavior, one business guru suggest you calculate your TCJ: total cost of jerks. The Source: An article entitled "Building the Civilized Workplace" by No Asshole...
Tags: Jerk, Bob Sutton, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2008-07-28
By Invitation: Building The Civilized Workplace
Talking about the rules is just the first step; the real test happens when someone acts like a jerk. If people don't feel comfortable blowing the whistle on the offender, your company will both be seen as hypocritical and fill up with jerks, so don't adopt the rule unless you...
Tags: Workplace, McKinsey & Co., Jerk, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2007-03-29
Are You Too Nice?
If you're in business, you probably think you are. Some 61 percent of managers say they're too nice. Tim Hiltabiddle, the co-author of "Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office" is hosting 800CEORead for a day or two. Here's his post on why he wanted...
Tags: post, jerk, professional development, strategy, career, management, michael fitzgerald
Blog posts 2008-08-08
Don't Hitch Your Wagon to a Jerk
Seems obvious that you wouldn't want to pin your career hopes on the coattails of a jerk. Problem is, jerks often get promoted and, as we know, good guys finish last. But eventually, jerk behavior turns against its creator, and you don't want to be near one...
Tags: Jerk, Decision, Jerks, Professional Development, Career, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2009-08-11
Trouble With Retirement? Get a Job!
Dear Stanley, I am retired and am upset that your blog only caters to working stiffs! There are plenty of problems out there for retired jerks, maybe even more than for working jerks. What do you intend to do about this...
Tags: Job, Jerk, Time Management, Recruitment & Selection, Food & Beverage, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Stanley Bing
Blog posts 2009-09-03
Test: Do Nice Guys Finish Last?
My post about Jay Leno received some interesting pushback.  Some people can't believe that Jay Leno is really and truly a nice guy.  They figure that, in order to be successful, he must secretly be a jerk.  After all, "nice guys finish last" -- right? I'm curious...
Tags: Jerk, Jay Leno, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Sales, Management, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2009-09-23
Is There a Lesson from Rush Limbaugh's Failed NFL Bid?
In this new age of web-powered transparency, being a jerk could have lasting consequences for your career and your company. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: NFL, Jerk, Professional Development, Channel Management, Career, Marketing, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-10-15

Additional Resources

Jerk-O-Meter keeps callers in line.(OFFBEAT SOUND CHECK)(Brief Article)
Leave it to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT to come up with a technology good enough to determine whether someone is being a jerk. As part of a project based on predicting people's behavior, researchers developed the Jerk-O-Meter,...
Tags: Linux, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, phone, researcher, SOFTWARE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2005-09-01
`Knee-jerk' reaction blamed for fall in Sime shares, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times Malaysia 03-27-2002 CONGLOMERATE Sime Darby Bhd's steep losses on Monday were overdone and due to a "knee-jerk" reaction rather than associated to the group's fundamentals, said analysts and dealers. Sime Darby shar Business Times Malaysia ...
Tags: BMW AG
Research articles 2002-03-27
Was it worth breaking up the Lakers to keep Kobe Bryant? The 'Jerk'
KOBE is the player who didn't show up in the Finals Karl Malone was on one leg. Kobe was the one on trial, unable to focus on his basketball responsibilities properly. He's immature, selfish and a jerk. They got rid of the good guys and kept the jerk. Lance Del...
Tags: NBA, team
Research articles 2004-07-23
Was it worth breaking up the Lakers to keep Kobe Bryant? The 'Jerk'
KOBE is the player who didn't show up in the Finals Karl Malone was on one leg. Kobe was the one on trial, unable to focus on his basketball responsibilities properly. He's immature, selfish and a jerk. They got rid of the good guys and kept the jerk. Lance Del...
Tags: NBA, team
Research articles 2004-07-23
This Jerk takes the prize.(MARKET RESEARCH & DATA)(Island Jerk, People's Choice Awards)(Brief article)
Five were offered, but only one variety of potato chip took the prize in Salem, Ore.-based Kettle Foods' annual People's Choice Awards. Island Jerk narrowly bested Dragon 5 Spice and Twisted Chili Lime to take top honors as the new variety that will hit stores this...
Tags: Kettle Foods Inc.
Research articles 2007-02-01
Don't be a CC Jerk
Don't be a CC JerkThink twice before you send your email!I dont' agree with this 100% - I'm not sure what "totally unrelated stuff" is exactly referring to, but these days, when email is such a wide-spread communication tool in the corporate environment, you should be considerate of what you...
Tags: e-mail
Discussion threads 2007-05-28
Brown admits to being a 'jerk'
OAKLAND -- Tim Brown says he knows there is a God. "And he doesn't like ugly," Brown said. The Raiders wide receiver wasn't talking about the ugliness of his dropped touchdown pass in the end zone late in Oakland's 28-18 win over the Minnesota...
Tags: Cooper, Games, Oakland, team
Research articles 2003-11-17
'Jerk-O-Meter' will tattle
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Ever wonder if that spouse, friend or co- worker on the other end of the phone is really paying attention? The "Jerk-O-Meter" may hold the answer. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing software for cell phones that would analyze speech patterns and...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, phone, women
Research articles 2005-08-12
Wise enough to play the fool? The jerk at work.
In praise of lovable bunglers IT IS a universal dilemma. What to do with the jerk at work, the person who is so disliked by their colleagues that no one wants to work with them? The traditional answer is to tolerate them if they...
Tags: Benefits, Harvard Business Review, praise
Research articles 2005-06-04
Dial 213 for jerk. (satire in advertising agencies)
HUMILITY, self-deprecation and forgiveness are rare in most businesses and unheard of in advertising. But now, in the kindly 1990s, even admen are learning to love each other. Or maybe not. A year ago Mr Martin Sorrell's WPP Group bid for the...
Tags: advertisement, MARKETING, Ogilvy & Mather
Research articles 1990-06-09
Roanoke, Va.-based Jerk expert enjoys growing popularity.
By Duncan Adams, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 18--The biggest jerks know they're jerks. But don't bust a lung waiting for their remorse to bloom. Gloria Elliott, jerk expert, studies workplace jerks, lectures about ...
Tags: The Roanoke Times
Research articles 2004-07-18
Passive Aggressive Boss -- or Sexist Jerk?
Dear Stanley, My boss is uber passive aggressive. One day he's nice as can be, the next he completely ignores me and yells at the slightest mistake. Every day is dependent on his mood. Most days he praises his other employee...
Tags: Employee, Boss, Gender And Diversity, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Stanley Bing
Blog posts 2009-10-01
The Media Guy: Why you won't catch Media Guy in a poncho.(MediaWorks)
Byline: Simon Dumenco "The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here!'' -Navin R. Johnson, as played by Steve Martin, in "The Jerk'' like steve martin's jerk, I get way too excited about the release...
Tags: Associated Press, Blogging, INTERNET, Martha, phone, Vogue
Research articles 2005-09-19
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