Index_R

R

RCA, GE acquisition of, 121, 175

Re-entry, from international assignment, 142–143

Recognition, for developing others, 165–166

Redston, S., 202–203

Reed, J., 84

Reflection: on bad boss or competitive coworkers, 103–106

on being fired or passed over, 108, 109–111, 114–115, 116, 117–118, 205

company encouragement for, 194

discouragement for, 13

on failure, 83–85, 86–90, 206

on feedback for first-time leaders, 52–53

on letting go of ambition, 163–164

necessity of, for learning, 16–17, 18, 205–207

steps and questions for, 206–207

Refocusing, 160–162, 163–164, 185

Refuge, 210

Regression, due to personal tragedy, 170–172

Rejection, as emotional reaction to negative events, 26–27, 205

Relationship chemistry, 105

Relationship management: in acquisition-or-merger passage, 125–126, 129–130

with bad bosses or coworkers, 103–104

in general manager position, 72–73, 75

learning from failure in, 89

training in, 188

Relief stage, in acquisition or merger, 122

Remorse, in joining-a-company passage, 43–44

Renier, J., 168, 170

Resentment: in bad boss, 97–98

about stretch assignments, 63–64

Resiliency: in being-fired-or-passed-over passage, 107, 115–116

failure and, 90, 203–204

in joining-a-company passage, 43–44

learning, 90, 202–204

sources of, 203

Resistance, in stretch assignments, 58

Responsibility: abdication of, 47

accepting personal, 11, 204–205

for failure, 86

of general manager, 72. See also Accountability

Results focus, 12

values and, 78–79

Retention agreement, 165

Retirement, 213–214

Retreats, 210

Rhinesmith, S., 138

Right From the Start (Ciampa and Watkins), 37

Right versus wrong, 55–56

Rigidity, in stretch assignments, 64–65

Risk avoidance, 81, 96–97, 212

Risk taking: company encouragement for, 193–194

in foreign countries, 139

in passages, 212–213

in stretch assignments, 193–194

Rites of passage, 38

Role models: bad bosses as negative, 102–103

for use of power, 55

Role playing, 174

Rules: adjusting to new, 123, 126–127

not knowing, in foreign countries, 141–142