Leadership blindspots : how successful leaders identify and overcome the weaknesses that matter / Robert B. Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Robert B., 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

How successful leaders identify and overcome the weakness that matter

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Every leader has a blindspot--an area in which he/she fails to see or respond to threats or weaknesses. These blindspots arise for a number of reasons--cognitive overload, the over-confidence that can come with success, and the deference of others to those in positions of authority. This book provides: a framework to understand risks posed by blindspots from a leadership perspective the four types of blinspots that are most important for leaders to be aware of a self-assessment and a team survey to help leaders in identifying/recognizing their blindspots corrective actions leaders can take to mitigate the resulting risks "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Leadership Blindspots: How Successful Leaders Identify and Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Section 1: Why Blindspots Matter; Chapter 1: The Dangers and Rewards of Being Blind; Steve Jobs: Blindspots About Himself; Jamie Dimon: Blindspots About His Team and Company; Henry Ford: Blindspots About His Market; Chapter 2: How to Spot Blindspots in Yourself and Others; The Blindspot Matrix; Known Strengths: You Know What You Know; Known Weakness: You Know What You Don't Know; Unknown Strengths: You Don't Know What You Know

Blindspots: You Don't Know What You Don't KnowDegrees of Blindness; Lack of Awareness; Faulty Assessment; Failure to Act; Responses to Blindspots; Identifying Your Own Blindspots; Review Your Mistakes; Solicit Feedback from Those with Insight About You; Complete the Leadership Blindspot Survey; Chapter 3: The Common Blindspots Holding Leaders Back; Blindspots That Can Derail You; Blindspots About Yourself; Blindspot 1: Overestimating Your Strategic Capabilities; Blindspot 2: Valuing Being Right over Being Effective; Blindspot 3: Failing to Balance the What with the How

Blindspot 4: Not Seeing Your Impact on OthersBlindspot 5: Believing the Rules Don't Apply to You; Blindspot 6: Thinking the Present Is the Past; Blindspots About Your Team; Blindspot 7: Failing to Focus on the Vital Few; Blindspot 8: Taking for Granted Your Team Model; Blindspot 9: Overrating the Talent on Your Team; Blindspot 10: Avoiding the Tough Conversations; Blindspot 11: Trusting the Wrong Individuals; Blindspot 12: Not Developing Real Successors; Blindspots About Your Company; Blindspot 13: Failing to Capture Hearts and Minds; Blindspot 14: Losing Touch with Your Shop Floor

Blindspot 15: Treating Information and Opinion as FactBlindspot 16: Misreading the Political Landscape; Blindspot 17: Putting Personal Ambition Before the Company; Blindspots About Your Markets; Blindspot 18: Clinging to the Status Quo; Blindspot 19: Underestimating Your Competitors; Blindspot 20: Being Overly Optimistic; Obtaining Further Blindspot Feedback; Chapter 4: Why Blindspots Are an Ever-Present Challenge; The Tenacity of Blindspots; Experience Gaps; Information Overload; Emotional Bias; Cognitive Dissonance; Misaligned Incentives; Hierarchical Distortions; Overconfidence

Willful BlindnessOvercoming Blindspots; Section 2: How to Surface and OvercomeBlindspots; Chapter 5: See It for Yourself: Customers, Colleagues, and Outsiders; Awareness of Customers and Markets; Awareness of Frontline Colleagues; Awareness of High Potentials; Awareness of Outsiders; Actions for Increasing Awareness; Chapter 6: Seek Out That Which DisconfirmsWhat You Believe; Asking the Right Questions in the Right Way; Surface Disconfirming Data About Your Leadership Impact; Become Your Own Devil's Advocate; Track Your Decisions over Time; Conduct In-Depth 360 Assessments

Extract Leadership Lessons Learned

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118646090

1118646096

9781118646229

1118646223

OCLC:

895288469