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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
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

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Weight up!
Bodybuilding was not a very popular activity in the mid-1930s, when I was just getting started in it. There were no Nationals or USA amateur contests; nor was there an Ironman, Arnold Classic or Olympia for pros to compete in. In fact, there wasn't even such a thing as organized...
Articles 2008-12-01
Baby P case may deter new social workers
TALENTED WOULD-BE social workers will be put off joining the profession because of the "witch-hunt" over the Baby P tragedy, the leader of the country's local councils has warned. Margaret Eaton, the chairwoman of the Local Government Association, warned that a knee-jerk reaction to the death could...
Articles 2008-11-27
Keane lifts sights after laughing off exit talk
BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 SUNDERLAND 2 Roy Keane was seeking perspective. "It's Incey's turn tonight," he said without a hint of pleasure. Instead he shook his head at the lurches in fate where a win launched Sunderland from the relegation places to midtable and defeat landed Blackburn...
Articles 2008-11-17
Most employers exercising caution on slashing jobs
Byline: Jessica Marquez Despite the faltering economy, employers appear to be trying to avoid resorting to knee-jerk layoffs, according to a recent survey conducted exclusively for Workforce Management by EquaTerra, a Houston-based global management consulting firm. The survey was conducted in the first two weeks of...
Articles 2008-11-17
We had a dream
Antiwar conservatives and libertarians had their hopes for this election pinned to the Carolinas. Democrat Bob Conley, a philosophical fusion of Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan, challenged Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Palmetto State. In neighboring North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District, Ron Paul-endorsed Republican William Lawson sought to take...
Articles 2008-11-17
Challenge Day teaches teens compassion
WALNUT CREEK Max Garber and his high school classmates have vowed to treat one another with care and compassion, standing up as role models for students who tease and bully others. He and dozens of Northgate High School students said their lives were changed...
Articles 2008-11-16
Private view
Last Thursday I was volunteer driver for the day for a Heartbeaters' outing. Heartbeaters is a local exercise and social club for people recovering from heart attacks that meets weekly and perhaps weakly in the Baptist church hall for an hour of gentle physical jerks. We went to...
Articles 2008-11-15
No sour grapes from defeated McCain
IN HIS first television interview since election night, John McCain attempted to make light of his loss. "I have been sleeping like a baby," he told Jay Leno. "Sleep two hours, wake up and cry, sleep two hours, wake up and cry." And he added: "The one thing I think...
Articles 2008-11-13
San Mateo County Times athletes of the week
Male -- NAME: Jason Simpson -- SCHOOL: Woodside -- SPORT: Football -- YEAR: Senior -- POSITION: Running back -- THE STAT LINE: Jason carried 16 times for 134 yards and...
Articles 2008-11-13
Lawsuit isn't what you think
It's a knee-jerk world. Jumping to conclusions ought to be an Olympic sport. I'm pretty good at it. Take the other day. I was reading the competition when a headline caught my eye: "Woman who lost thumb wake-surfing sues sis." The article explained that...
Articles 2008-11-10
Palin lashes out at her critics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called her critics cowards and jerks Friday for deriding her anonymously and insisted she never asked for the expensive wardrobe purchased for her use on the presidential campaign. "I never asked for anything more than a Diet Dr Pepper once...
Articles 2008-11-08
Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Fall as Volatility Continues
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mortgage rates retreated this week, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate falling from 6.77 percent to 6.44 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.35 discount and origination points. (Logo: ...
Articles 2008-11-06
Remove ex from the equation
Q: My husband is a jerk, his ex-wife drives me crazy, his kids are spoiled, and my ex is calling me because after four years he realizes he made a mistake when he ran off with that other woman. I hate my life, I want to go back to my...
Articles 2008-11-05
Forum: Tina Fey for president
I have already voted by mail, for Tina Fey as a write-in. Who else feels disenfranchised by the choices for president on the ballot in 2008? I don't trust Obama to govern from the middle, there's too much risk he'll be captive to the left wing...
Articles 2008-11-02
Be afraid of the dark
With all the bad press that soda still manages to be immune to, such as the health concerns over high fructose corn syrup and the fact that diet varieties can cause you to overeat, here's yet another reason to drop these nasty libations from your diet, even the zero-calorie options....
Articles 2008-11-01
Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Surge to 3-Month High
NEW YORK, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mortgage rates bounded higher this week, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate soaring from 6.32 percent to 6.77 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.39 discount and origination points. (Logo:...
Articles 2008-10-30
Myers: 'This is who I am'
PHILADELPHIA -- Brett Myers still hears the taunts from the stands. He gets the obscene letters. "I know there are people out there that think I'm a jerk. There are people out there who think I'm a wife-beater. That will never change," says Myers, alluding to a 2006...
Articles 2008-10-29
Ray of hope for Huntington's
Jonathan Monkemeyer, an engineer by training, worked long and hard on the heartfelt four-minute talk he presented at a packed Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting last December. But even without saying a word, Sheryl Monkemeyer was far more expressive than her husband could ever be. While...
Articles 2008-10-28
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