I left because of our division head-a VP was a major AH (and he hired a lot of AH’s to head departments. Sadly,our division had a bad reputation.) I left the company when I found out, my great female boss was to be replaced with the VP’s hand picked primo female AH ( 1 year later this cow had to be escorted out of the company’s HQ by security. I worked with this women on several projects and there was no way I wanted her as a boss.)

Sutton’s right, AH breed AHs! Whilst I was there, my division lost 7 quality hard working people in my same age demographic-mid 20’30’s-including me. Plus, a further 4 people after I left, of various age groups. With so many AH in our division, they single handedly drove away a lot of knowledge and talent.

The people that were left behind in my division were other AH, hired by the VP who brought in more AHs. And sadly, Sutton’s right again on this point, The other type pf people left behind the weak and vulnerable who where either close to retirement or had to stay in the area due to family.

Thankfully, in the end the company forced him into retirement and got rid of a lot of the people he brought in. Many who were not even qualified for the position they were hired for, anyway. I know for a fact that the all the inept AH brought in personally by this VP cost the company $100,000 of dollars in errors and mistakes.

does not matter where you are in the world doing whatever job the military has to offer, chasing pirates, terrorist in a cave, fueling planes whatever the job is WHATEVER that job is the only thing that makes it that bad is putting an asshole in the mix. They should issue this book in bootcamp and to every commanding officer in the DoD.

Having been in companies with lots of procedures meant to regulate employee behaviour I believe there are only two things that work:
- Hiring the right people
- Encouraging a great company culture

I don’t like rules and they can always be bent or circumvented. If you have a company and you like the idea of 12 rules, rather than make everybody sign up to the rules, make them a proclamation: “Here is what we believe in”.

Successfactors, a Californian HR company make every new hire agree to 12 rules of workplace behavior, including a “no asshole� rule.

So, where do I find those 12 rules? Sounds like a great idea to me.