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Book SynopsisA no-nonsense guide to driving performance while still maintaining a great place to work Leadership Isn't For Cowards offers straightforward steps to leading courageously and practical tips for driving performance.
Trade ReviewOffers straightforward steps to leading courageously and practical tips for driving performance. (Personalfuhrung, August 2012)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Section 1 You are Messing with People’s Lives 1
Chapter 1 Do You Know What You are Doing? 3
Chapter 2 How Much of an Impact are You Really Having? 7
Chapter 3 Are You a Coward? 11
Chapter 4 Is Culture Overrated? 17
Attack 23
Section 2 Accept Your Circumstances 25
Chapter 5 How Great is Denial? 27
Chapter 6 What are You Pretending Not to Know? 33
Chapter 7 Are You Honest? 37
Chapter 8 What is Real? 43
Chapter 9 Where is Your Focus? 47
Section 3 Take Action 51
Chapter 10 Are You Good at Analyzing? 53
Chapter 11 When are You Ready? 59
Chapter 12 How Present are You? 65
Chapter 13 Do You Remember a Time when You Hesitated and Lost? 71
Chapter 14 Are You In, or Aren’t You? 77
Section 4 Take Responsibility 83
Chapter 15 Want to Responsibly Scare Some People? 85
Chapter 16 How Much Blame Can You Take? 91
Chapter 17 What Difference Do You Make? 97
Chapter 18 What Kinds of Responsibility are You Taking? 101
Chapter 19 Are You Truly Free? 107
Section 5 Acknowledge Progress 113
Chapter 20 How Goal-Driven are You? 115
Chapter 21 Are You Too Harsh? 121
Chapter 22 Are You an Over-Recognizer? 127
Chapter 23 What, When, and How? 133
Chapter 24 Are You about Effort or Achievement? 139
Section 6 Commit to New Habits 143
Chapter 25 Just How Much Accountability Can One Person Stand? 145
Chapter 26 Do You Need to Be Committed? 151
Chapter 27 Just How Different are You? 157
Chapter 28 What’s That Weight on Your Back? 163
Section 7 Kindle 169
Chapter 29 Is It Really Just an e-Reader? 171
Chapter 30 How are You Feeling? 175
Chapter 31 Did You Seriously Think That Would Work? 181
Chapter 32 Do You Ever Notice? 187
Chapter 33 Ever Given Birth? 193
Section 8 Now What? 199
Chapter 34 Do You Want To? 201
Chapter 35 Are You Willing? 207
Chapter 36 Can You Please Just Get On with It? 211
Index 215
