{"product_id":"unnatural-leadership-going-against-intuition-and-experience-to-develop-ten-new-leadership-instincts-josseybass-business-management-9780787956189","title":"Unnatural Leadership Going Against Intuition and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the pressures of today's uncertain economy, the continuous need to reinvent oneself and organization and the overwhelming amount of information, leaders who rely on their natural instincts are often doomed to failure. This book offers a new and unnatural path to success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...well presented challenging ideas...\" (Long Range Planning, Number 38, 2005)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pity the CEO who thinks he can be a know-it-all micromanager and still succeed. In Unnatural Leadership (Jossy-Bass), executive coaches David L. Dotlich and Peter Cairo list 10 guidelines that today's best executives are adopting. Among them: inviting change, being approachable and considering the views of the mail-room kid with the green hair. \"We tell our clients, 'You have to win your followers every day,' \" says Dotlich. Some of the unnatural acts the authors recommend are: \"Coach and Teach Rather Than Lead and Inspire,\" \"Expose Your Vulnerabilities\" and \"Trust Others Before They Earn It.\" Cairo says what's missing from other leadership manuals are instructions on how to practice the techniques. So each chapter in this book ends with exercises like \"acknowledging your shadow side\" (the power-hungry, mircromanaging stuff) to smooth the transition from arrogance to unnatural humility. (Time Magazine, May 20, 2002)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"...there is a lot here to stimulate you to review what you think is 'natural' and consider alternative courses of action which might prove, in the long term, to be more worthwhile...\" (EDGE, Autuymn 2002)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen H. Rhinesmith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Importance of Unnatural Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Ten Unnatural Acts 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Assessing Your Unnatural Leadership 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Adapting to an Increasingly Unnatural Environment 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Breaking the Rules of Natural Leadership 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Resistance Factors 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Assessing Your Resistance to Unnatural Leadership 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Personal Challenges for the Unnatural Leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Refuse to Be a Prisoner of Experience 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Refusing to Be a Prisoner of Experience 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Expose Your Vulnerabilities 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Exposing Your Vulnerabilities 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Acknowledge Your Shadow Side 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Acknowledging Your Shadow Side 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Develop a Right-Versus-Right Decision-Making Mentality 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: A Tool for Developing an Unnatural Decision-Making Mentality 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Leading Teams as an Unnatural Leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Create Teams That Create Discomfort 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Creating Teams That Create Discomfort 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Trust Others Before They Earn It 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Trusting Others Before They Earn It 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Coach and Teach Rather Than Lead and Inspire 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Coaching and Teaching Rather Than Leading and Inspiring 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Leading the Organization as an Unnatural Leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Connect Instead of Create 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Connecting Instead of Creating 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Give Up Some Control 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Giving Up Some Control 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Challenge the Conventional Wisdom 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Giving Yourself Unnatural Options 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 267\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405039313239,"sku":"9780787956189","price":25.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787956189.jpg?v=1730488461","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unnatural-leadership-going-against-intuition-and-experience-to-develop-ten-new-leadership-instincts-josseybass-business-management-9780787956189","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}