JerkFests

Adrian Savage over at Slow Leadership has a an insightful new post based on his reading of advanced copy of The No Asshole Rule.  I first encountered Adrian as the author of a lovely new book  (I will talk about it in more detail in the future) called Slow Leadership: Civilizing the Organization, which I endorsed with much enthusiasm after seeing a pre-publication version. As I wrote him after reading his book, we are both singing the same tune (albeit with different words, and in my case, somewhat more nasty words). Adrian’s comments on the book were not only kind, they were detailed and insightful, I especially like his point about "Jerkfests."  I quote:

So there ought to be a name you could use to identify such foul
organizations—those rank, jerk-infested swamps where even the rats hold
their noses. How about “JerkFests”—places where assholes proliferate
and only another long-time, gold-plated, doctoral-level jerk could
enjoy him or herself and find a home? In a JerkFest, Hamburger Management
is normal and assholes rule. Perhaps there should be a symbol people
could apply to the door posts to warn anyone entering what will be
found inside; or major magazines could list the “100 Greatest JerkFests
of 2006" in the way that they list the 100 richest people or most
successful organizations.