Leading the unleadable how to manage mavericks, cynics, divas, and other difficult people

The control-freak, the narcissist, the slacker, the cynic... Difficult people are the worst part of a manager’s job. Whether it comes from direct reports or people above, outbursts, irrational demands, griping, and other disruptions need to be dealt with—and it’s your responsibility to do it. Leadin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Willett, Alan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : AMACOM, American Management Association [2017]
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Gale eBooks
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630222806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part 1. The call to exceptional leadership
  • The leadership crisis point
  • Accept the call of exceptional leadership
  • the mindset to lead the unleadable
  • part 2. the leader in action: spotting trouble, dealing with trouble
  • Fine-tune your radar for trouble
  • Take action: transforming the troublesome
  • Follow through: a bridge to enduring improvement
  • Decision time: remove or improve?
  • part 3. The leader in action: preventing trouble
  • The need for mountains
  • Set expectations of excellence
  • Expecting excellence every day
  • Exceptional starts lead to exceptional results
  • part 4. Leading leaders
  • Lead leaders: growing proven ability
  • Leader, lead thyself: exceptional self-leadership
  • Closing notes on transforming the troublesome to the tremendous.