Last week, a reporter asked me if The No Asshole Rule was ever actually used in organizations. That question motivated me to assemble a diverse list of places where the rule is used or has been used to help sustain civility. (The picture to the left is CEO Lars Dalgaard standing next to the "no assholes" sign at SuccessFactors). Finding and studying these examples is important, I believe, because they suggest a host of ways that people can install and spread the rule. Check out my new post over at Huffington on Places
That Don’t Tolerate Assholes for details, but here is the list (many of which have appeared here in bits and pieces):
Lloyd Gosselink and Perkins
Coie
Sterling Foundation
Management
Gold’s Gym
van Aartrijk
Group
“Asshole-Free
Section” in a Bar
Washington Mutual
If you have more examples, I would love to hear them. I am especially interested in cases where once nasty places were transformed into civilized places.
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