The asshole survival guide
Subtitle: how to deal with people who treat you like dirt
By: Robert I. Sutton
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781328695918
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Bullying in the workplace; Interpersonal conflict; Psychological abuse; Interpersonal relations; Organizational behavior
Description: Sutton starts with diagnosis: what kind of asshole problem, exactly, are you dealing with? From there, he provides field-tested, evidence-based, and sometimes surprising strategies for dealing with assholes-- avoiding them, outwitting them, disarming them, sending them packing, and developing protective psychological armor. By helping you develop an outlook and personal plan that will help you preserve the sanity in your work life, Sutton also help you prevent all those perfectly good days from being ruined by some jerk.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: Eight thousand emails; title: Asshole assessment: how bad is the problem?; title: Make a clean getaway; title: Asshole avoidance techniques: reducing your exposure; title: Mind tricks that protect your soul; title: Fighting back; title: Be part of the solution, not the problem.