Robert I. Sutton Quotes

• The best single question for testing an organization's character is: What happens when people make mistakes?

  Robert I. Sutton

  Single, Mistake, Character

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• Creativity isn't about wild talent as much as it's about productivity. To find new ideas that work, you need to try a lot that don't. It's a pure numbers game.

  Robert I. Sutton

  Creativity, Games, Ideas

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• Renowned management guru Peter F.Drucker looked back at his 65-year consulting career shortly before he died. He concluded that great leaders could either be 'charismatic or dull' or 'visionary or numbers-orientated,' but the most inspiring and effective managers he knew all had said we rather than I.

  Robert I. Sutton

  Leadership, Years, Careers

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• The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t.

  Robert I. Sutton

  Workplace, Building, Civilized

  "The No Asshole Rule". Book by Robert Sutton, February 22, 2007.

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• Assholes tend to stick together, and once stuck are not easily separated.

  Robert I. Sutton

  Together, Sticks, Stuck

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