What keeps leaders up at night
Subtitle: recognizing and resolving your most troubling management issues
By: Nicole Lipkin
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780814432112
Subjects: Politique de l'entreprise; Stress; Industrial Psychology; Communication; Psychological aspects; Leadership; Job stress; Psychologie du travail; Executive ability; Gestion du personnel; Supervision of employees; Règlement de différends; Executives
Description: No matter how many initiatives you spearhead or how hard you think about decisions, you will make the occasional management misstep. All leaders do. You can lie awake at night questioning yourself or you can read this book. As a clinical and business psychologist who works with executives around the world, Nicole Lipkin knows the stresses leaders face. In "What Keeps Leaders Up at Night", she presents solutions to the common mistakes leaders make with their people, answering questions including: Why do I sometimes feel threatened by my best people? How do I remain cool in hot situations? How can I ensure people hear what I say? How can I cope more effectively with change? Why have I lost so many of my best employees to the competition? The book examines engagement, motivation, expectation, emotions, interpersonal and group dynamics -- all the psychological principles that play pivotal roles in the workplace. Featuring illuminating examples and exercises, "What Keeps Leaders Up at Night" shines a bright light into the dark corners where all leaders struggle with their own shortcomings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: What was I thinking?; title: I'm a good boss: So why do I sometimes act like a bad one?; title: Why don't people heed my sage advice?; title: Why do I lose my cool in hot situations?; title: Why does a good fight sometimes go bad?; title: Why can ambition sabotage success?; title: Why do people resist change?; title: Why do good teams go bad?; title: What causes a star to fade?; title: Conclusion: The aha moment.