The wisdom of failure : how to learn the tough leadership lessons without paying the price / Laurence G. Weinzimmer, Jim McConoughey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinzimmer, Laurence G.

Contributor:

McConoughey, Jim, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business failures.

Leadership.

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The ""how-not-to"" leadership book There is a paradox in leadership: we can only succeed by knowing failure. Every accomplished leader knows there are minefields of failures that need to be navigated in order to succeed. Wouldn't it be great to have the insights to help you prevent from making avoidable mistakes? Unfortunately, in business talking about mistakes can be taboo, and, at a certain level, learning from failure is not an option. Weinzimmer and McConoughey speak frankly about the things that are difficult to talk about - the unvarnished truths necessary to become a suc

Contents:

Praise for The Wisdom of Failure; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; ONE: Flawless Leadership; Two Leaders, Two Stories; Great Leadership: Shaped by Opposing Forces; The Performance Review Trap; A Culture of Perfectionism; Losing Balance Between "What" and "How"; The Failure Paradox; A Perfect Storm: Empirical Research, Unforeseen Timing, and Untold Stories; Phase One: Investigating the Efficacy of Learning from Mistakes; Phase Two: Identifying the Most Damning Mistakes; Phase Three: Verification, Takeaways, and Insights; Putting It All Together; A Taxonomy of Leadership Mistakes

Unbalanced OrchestrationDrama Mismanagement; Personality Issues; New Discoveries; The Rest of the Story; PART ONE: Unbalanced Orchestration; TWO: Seduced by Yes; Irrational Greed: Chasing Pennies with Dollars; Escalation of Commitment: Knowing When to Say When; Being All Things to All People; Just Say No: Avoiding the Mistake of Yes; Perceive Your Organization's Value Proposition; Relentlessly Pursue Potential; Determine Strategic Appropriateness; Use Segmentation; THREE: Businesses You Have No Business Being In; Boxes and Strategic Direction; The Lure of the Exciting and the New

Letting Competitors Define the BoxThinking inside the Box; Inside-the-Box Leaders; The Power of Common Sense; FOUR: Entrenched in Efficiency; Understanding Effectiveness; Who Is Our Customer?; What Value Do We Provide to Our Customer?; What Needs Are Emerging in Our Markets?; Why Effectiveness Trumps Efficiency; How Leaders Get Trapped in an Efficiency Mind-Set; Shooting Stars; The Demise of Pets.com; Webvan's Big Bust; Avoiding the Efficiencies Trap; Seeing the Forest and the Trees; Accessing the "Right" Data; PART TWO: Drama Management; FIVE: The Playground in the Workplace

The Old-School ManagerThe Overt Bully; The Covert Bully; Bullying or Assertive Leadership?; The Consequences of Old-School Management; Why Good People Become Old-School Leaders; Why Good People Tolerate Old-School Managers; Ending Old-School Management and Repairing the Damage; Recognize; Repurpose; Reform; Define; If the Military Can Do It, So Can You; SIX: When Utopia Becomes Dystopia; Why We Want Utopia-And Why We Shouldn't; Constructive Conflict Is Missing; Bosses Make Bad Friends; Trust Erodes; Initiative Suffers; The Bottom Line Sinks

Avoiding Dysfunctional Harmony Without Being a BullyIdentify Dysfunctional Harmony in Yourself or Your Workplace; Motivate Your Employees the Hard Way-with Transparency and Honest Communication; Aim to Be Respected, Not Necessarily Liked; Bring in Disparate Voices, and Encourage Debate Wisely; Make the Chain of Command Clear-and True; If You're Accepting Feedback, Show It; Look at the Big Picture; SEVEN: The Battle Within; Distraction Soup: The Forms of Distracted Purpose; Costly Competition; Favoritism and Perceived Unfairness; Inability to Manage Strengths and Weaknesses

An Obsession with Synergy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283645720

1283645726

9781118225295

1118225295

OCLC:

801051952