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Author Sutton, Robert I., author.

Title The asshole survival guide : how to deal with people who treat you like dirt / Robert I. Sutton.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
©2017

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  650.13 SUTTON    DUE 05-06-24
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  650.13 SUTTON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  650.1 SUT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  650.13 SUT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  650.13 SUTTON    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  650.13 SUTTON    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  650.13 SUT    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  650.13 SUTTON    Check Shelf
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 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  650.13 SUTTON    DUE 05-14-24

Description 214 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-206) and index.
Contents Eight thousand emails -- Asshole assessment: how bad is the problem? -- Make a clean getaway -- Asshole avoidance techniques: reducing your exposure -- Mind tricks that protect your soul -- Fighting back -- Be part of the solution, not the problem.
Summary 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.
Subject Organizational behavior.
Interpersonal conflict.
Bullying in the workplace.
Psychological abuse.
Interpersonal relations.
Bullying in the workplace. (OCoLC)fst00841565
Interpersonal conflict. (OCoLC)fst00977374
Interpersonal relations. (OCoLC)fst00977397
Organizational behavior. (OCoLC)fst01047801
Psychological abuse. (OCoLC)fst01081335
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Etiquette.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture.
Other Form: Online version: Sutton, Robert I., author. Asshole survival guide Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017] 9781328695925 (DLC) 2017030882
ISBN 9781328695918 (hardcover)
1328695913 (hardcover)
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