Leadership Passages: The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) - page 1
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- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Leadership Passages--The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader
- Introduction
- What to Expect from the Passages
- Our Approach to Leadership
- How Learning Can Lead to Success
- Contents of the Book
- Chapter 1: What Is Effective Leadership?
- Ineffective Leadership Development
- Leadership Development That Includes Learning from Passages
- A Bad Boss as Potential Derailer
- A Test of Learning from Passages
- Chapter 2: How Do Leaders Learn?
- How Attitude Affects Learning
- Failure as a Second Chance
- Ways to Create a New Identity
- Example of Adversity as a Spur to Learning
- The Value of Failure
- Chapter 3: Joining a Company
- Leaving Cultures and Networks
- Facilitating the Journey
- Learning a Critical Leadership Lesson
- Chapter 4: Moving into a Leadership Role
- Challenges for First-Time Leaders
- How a Company Can Help First-Time Leaders
- The Normality of Struggle
- Early Learning for Future Payoffs
- Chapter 5: Accepting the Stretch Assignment
- The Pain in Stretch Assignments
- Common Hurts During a Stretch
- How to Handle the Stretch for Maximum Learning
- How Organizations Can Help
- Chapter 6: Assuming Responsibility for a Business
- The Mind-Set of the Business Leader
- The Dangers of Being a Know-It-All GM
- The Role of Paradox in Business
- Promotion as Passage
- Chapter 7: Dealing with Significant Failure for Which You Are Responsible
- Perception Versus the Reality of Failure
- Three Don ts in Dealing with Failure
- Four Dos in Dealing with Failure
- Effects of Company Attitudes on Failure
- Chapter 8: Coping with a Bad Boss and Competitive Peers
- A Continuum of Badness
- Questions to Ask Before Fighting or Fleeing
- How Bad Bosses and Peers Help Create Good Leaders
- Why Reaction Is What Counts
- Chapter 9: Losing Your Job or Being Passed Over for Promotion
- Reaction Versus Reflection
- Signs of Self-Destruction
- How to Grow from Being Diminished
- When the Worst Happens
- Chapter 10: Being Part of an Acquisition or Merger
- Rejoining the Corporation
- Learning More Than How to Keep Your Job
- Getting on Board with One Foot
- Growing as a Company Changes
- Chapter 11: Living in a Different Country or Culture
- The Challenges of Making a Foreign Journey
- What to Avoid When Going Abroad
- How to Take Advantage of a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity
- When You Return Home
- Chapter 12: Finding a Meaningful Balance Between Work and Family
- Becoming Conscious of Balance
- Calculating What You Will Tolerate
- Experiencing the Rewards
- Chapter 13: Letting Go of Ambition
- How the Process Works
- How to Navigate the Passage Successfully
- A Legacy of Service to Others
- Chapter 14: Facing Personal Upheaval
- How Tragedy Affects Direction
- How to Manage Upheaval
- How Fresh Perspective Brings Leadership Maturity
- When Companies Don t Help
- Chapter 15: Losing Faith in the System
- Losing Faith and Finding Meaning
- Purposeful Leadership
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