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Bad boss : what to do if you work for one, manage one or are one /
In a tough or toxic work environment, are you brave enough to'challenge your own thinking'and'shift your own perspective'to make relationships work'' Bad Boss'is for anyone who is in ' or who is keen to avoid ' a negative workplace environment characteris...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Bad Boss
- Contents
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Confessions of a bad boss
- Why this book and why now
- How to use this book
- Introduction
- The leadership deficit
- Good leadership matters to all of us
- Eight myths of the modern workplace
- Myth 1: Leadership is a title
- Myth 2: Leading is a one-size-fits-all approach
- Myth 3: Leaders are not needed in a flat organisational structure
- Myth 4: Leadership is an innate ability
- Myth 5: Leaders have no emotions
- Myth 6: Bad leadership is attributable to bad people
- Myth 7: Leadership needs are different for different ages
- Myth 8: Leaders, employees and bosses should love their job, no matter what
- Four steps to freedom and fulfilment
- The leadership pressure chamber
- External versus internal demands
- Who eats who?
- Operating the release valve
- Part I What to do if you ... work for one
- 1 ASSESS your position
- Fact versus fiction
- Own your impact
- Are you firing on all cylinders?
- Are you getting enough sleep?
- Are you a meeting junkie?
- Are you always late?
- Are you setting the bar too high?
- Do you avoid saying 'no'?
- Are you the office energy thief?
- Put yourself in their shoes
- Challenge yourself
- Assess your boss's style
- The Mercenary
- The Believer
- The Illusionist
- The Liberator
- Step 1: Get curious
- Step 2: Source other opinions
- Step 3: Check for mitigating factors
- Pre-match check
- 2 STRATEGISE your options
- Stop whingeing, start advancing
- You go first
- Step 1: Frame your vision
- Step 2: Write down your principles
- Check your position
- Invest in the boss bank
- Know your currency
- Increasing the value
- Pick your power play
- Set boundaries to deal with pester power
- Reshape your role
- Seek connections
- 3 ACT with intent
- Flip the boss lens
- A nudge in the right direction
- Negotiate your position
- 1. Be open-minded and open-hearted
- 2. Have clear options
- 3. Understand your boss's needs
- 4. Conduct your pre-mortem
- 5. Have resolve and see it through
- Aim for the 3 Cs
- 1. Understand your mindset
- 2. Focus your energy
- 3. Decide to act mindfully
- Break the drama binge
- 4 REFLECT on progress
- Reflect, learn and grow
- A progress stocktake
- Know when to cash out
- Watch for fallout
- Sense check your reality
- Part II What to do if you ... manage one
- 5 ASSESS the situation
- Check yourself
- Open your eyes
- Sense check weak signals
- Informal sources
- Conversation etiquette
- Look for warning signs
- Formal sources
- Ask before they go
- Uncover the root cause
- Sanity check
- Culture doesn't fit
- They're out of their depth
- 6 STRATEGISE the path forward
- Reality bites
- What to do if it's YOU
- What to do if it's THEM
- What to do if it's the ENVIRONMENT
- 7 ACT with purpose
- Enter the arena
- Get ready to be real
- Step 1: Plan