Reality-based leadership : ditch the drama, restore sanity to the workplace, and turn excuses into results / Cy Wakeman ; foreword by Larry Winget.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wakeman, Cy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Executive ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Leadership strategies grounded in reality and focused on results Recent polls show that 71% of workers think about quitting their jobs every day. That number would be shocking-if people actually were quitting. Worse, they go to work, punching time clocks and collecting pay checks, while completely checked out emotionally. In Reality-Based Leadership, expert Fast Company blogger Cy Wakeman reveals how to be the kind of leader who changes the way people think about and perceive their circumstances-one who deals with the facts, clarifies roles, gives clear and direct feedba

Contents:

Reality-Based Leadership : Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses Into Results; CONTENTS; Introduction: Calling All Leaders; Part Two: Restore Sanity to the Workplace; Part Three: Lead Your Team to Results; Part One: Find Peace at Work; Chapter 1: You Are the Source of Your Suffering-and That's the Good News; Chapter 2: If You Argue with Reality, You Lose (but Only 100 Percent of the Time): How to Heal Your Relationship with Reality; Chapter 3: Would You Rather Be Right, or Wildly Successful?; Part Two: Restore Sanity to the Workplace

Chapter 4: Lead First, Manage SecondChapter 5: Play Favorites: Work with the Willing!; Chapter 6: Change Is a Fact of Life- Get Over It! How to Bullet-Proof Your Employees; Part Three: Lead Your Team to Results; Chapter 7: Opinions No Longer Count-Actions Do!; Chapter 8: Stop Judging and Start Helping: The Golden Rule of Teamwork; Conclusion: The Reality-Based Leader's Manifesto; Appendixes; Appendix 1: Alignment Survey; Appendix 2: Self-Test: Managing Versus Leading; Appendix 3: Feedback Frame; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612773334

9780470875254

0470875259

9781282773332

128277333X

9780470875216

0470875216

OCLC:

712993054