Endorsements for GETTING EVEN

Getting Even isn't just the most useful and engaging book ever written on revenge in the workplace.  It is the best book I've ever read about the root causes of destructive workplace behaviors and how to stop the vicious circles that hurt so many people and organizations.

Robert Sutton

Professor – Stanford University

Author of The No Asshole Rule

Getting Even helps the reader address thorny organizational problems caused by the human desire for revenge. Leaders and managers in all organizations will benefit from the insights and practical recommendations for preventing or limiting the problems of revenge. Thus, Getting Even will help its readers manage the most common, if not only, cause of destructive conflict in organizations.

David E. Morrison, M.D.

Management Consultant

Morrison Associates, Ltd.

Getting Even provides managers with the ability to see acts of revenge as signals about what ails their organization.  Tripp and Bies provide an insightful framework that explains why ordinary employees engage in extraordinary acts of revenge.  They convincingly document that revenge is typically not the act of the irrational few, but is the situationally-created behavior of normal human beings.

Max H. Bazerman

Straus Professor - Harvard University

Co-author of Negotiation Genius

I've used the valuable insights revealed in this book to counsel and advise all manner of clients including managers, small business owners, human resources professionals, labor professionals, and employees. Understanding and implementing these concepts will undoubtedly improve every employment relationship. This book is a must read!

Janet E. Taylor

Attorney at Law, focusing on Employment and Labor

Let's face it, we've all been there. Someone takes the promotion that you deserved, they put their name on the report that you did, they belittled someone to the point that they drove them to tears, or worse yet they drove you to tears. When these situations hit you're usually less worried about getting ahead, and more interested in getting even. But does revenge really solve anything? Thomas Tripp and Robert Bies have provided a practical guide for managers and individuals to understand the many causes of revenge, who is most likely to commit an act of revenge, and how to spot and defuse it before it happens.

Jon V Peters

President

The Institute for Management Studies