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In a New York Minute

Written by Peter Clayton

Wednesday, 12 March 2008

The "Number One Jerk" in New York Gets Laid-Out

Eliot Spitzer

I live in the New York Metro Area, meaning the news cycle for for the past few days has been Gov. Eliot Spitzer 24x7. The remarkably fast fall of Mr. Spitzer reminded me of a two part interview I did with Robert Sutton, Professor of Management Science and Engineering in the Stanford Engineering School, and author of The No A**-Hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't, (published by Warner Books).

Here's what Bob said, "If you got to a position of power by being an asshole and then you continue in the position what happens is your list of enemies keeps growing and... those enemies will kick you out much more quickly if they don't like you than if you are liked..." No kidding!

Part One of Bob's interview is Here
Part Two of the podcast with Bob is Here