Topic: Bob Sutton

David Kelley raises level of design

0 . David Kelley dreads a certain dinner party question: "So, what are you designing these days?". . "I think I'll take my iPad with me and just...
Blue and shades of gray: Civil War's 150th anniversary stirs debate on the role of slaveryAt South Carolina's Secession Gala, men in frock coats and militia uniforms and women in hoopskirts will sip mint juleps as a band called Unreconstructed ...
Last week I wrote about companies who've laid off employees during this recession - despite generating substantial profits. I suggested that...

Are You a Bully Boss?

CIO Insight recently tapped upon the expertise of Stanford University's Bob Sutton to find out more about how you can take command of a room full of hotshots and assert your authority. Sutton also presents a convincing case that being a ...

Hotshots at Work: How to Take Command

You made it to the position of CIO because, in part, you excelled as a hotshot performer on the way up. In an article for the McKinsey Quarterly, Stanford University's Bob Sutton says that CIOs and other top managers need this ...
Skills for employers to control the situation   Stanford University management professor Bob Sutton said so-called boss, the situation is an illusion, and he also proposed seven "tips" to enhance the feeling.   1. Talk more than others, but not always private use. At ...

The Subtleties of Strategic Swearing

Bob Sutton, Stanford University professor and author of The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't..
Investigators find marijuana, cash in wreckage of Texas-bound plane that crashed in ArizonaA private plane that crashed in Arizona this week, killing four people, carried more than 12 pounds of marijuana and more than $8,000 in cash.Cmdr. Bob Sutton of ...

What Was Eric Mangini Waiting For?

Four weeks removed from establishing themselves as the team to beat in the AFC by virtue of a 34-13 thrashing of the then-undefeated Titans in Tennessee, the Jets are all but dead following an abysmal 13-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks yesterday ...

First, Fire the Coordinators

Its often a trite criticism; something to be cast off into the vast sea of sporting clichs alongside staying within yourself and taking it one day at a time.But not here. And if that wasnt clear previously, it was rammed home ...