Index_F

F

Failure: avoidance of, 81

of being fired or passed over, 107–118

causes of, 83–84, 86–87

company attitudes or responses toward, 90–92, 189, 193–194, 198, 199–200

due to external circumstances, 84

exercise for learning from, 32–33

forms of, 82

ineffective reactions to, 81–82, 85–87

in joining-a-company passage, 37–38

to learn, 6–7, 56–57, 82

learning from, 14–17, 26–27, 32–33, 81–92, 192–194

as passage, 81–92

perception versus reality of, 82–85

in personal life, 16

pitfalls to avoid in, 85–87

reflecting on, 83–85, 86–90, 206

resiliency for, 90, 203–204

success and, 1–2, 11, 16, 81, 84–85, 192–194

succession planning and, 189

suggestions for dealing with, 87–90

value of, 31–33, 81, 84–85

Faith, losing. See Losing-faith-in-the- system passage

Families: balancing work and, 144–156

challenges for, in international assignments, 134

support from, 155, 207, 208

uprooting, in work transfer, 148– 149. See also Work-family balance

FDA, 179

Fear: of acquisition or merger, 122

as management technique, 199

Feedback: for first-time leaders, 51, 52–53

lack of, for senior executives, 199

SARA model for receiving, 26–27, 205. See also 360-degree feedback

Feuds, 101–102

Financial-planning model, 199–200

Financial struggles, 167

Fired, being. See Termination

First-time leaders. See Leadership roles, moving into

Flawed boss or coworker, 94–96, 100. See also Bad boss

Competitive coworkers

Followers: taking care of, in losing-faith-in-the-system passage, 184

taking care of, in merged entity, 129–130

transition of, to leadership roles, 45–46

Ford, 3

Foreign countries, passage of living in, 132–143

bubble-wrap response to, 136–138

challenges of, 133–135

ideal scenario for, 133–135

learning from, 138–142

pitfalls to avoid in, 135–138

questions to ask about, 137

returning home from, 142–143

value and learning potential of, 132–133, 142–143

Fortune 200 companies, 11

Frame-breaking experiences, 138–139

Functional bias, 74–75

Functional-to-general manager transition, 70–80. See also General manager position