Myths of management
Subtitle: what people get wrong about being the boss
By: Stefan Stern and Cary Cooper
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780749480233; 9780749480240
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Executive ability; Management; Communication in management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Myth 1 There is one right way to lead or manage; title: Myth 2 It's tough at the top; title: Myth 3 long hours will lead to success; title: Myth 4 It's important not to show vulnerability or doubt; title: Myth 5 It's lonely at the top; title: Myth 6 You need to be the smartest person in the room; title: Myth 7 Hierarchy is finished; title: Myth 8 Consistency is essential; title: Myth 9 Only hire people who will fit in; title: Myth 10 Leadership is more important than management; title: Myth 11 You have to pay top dollar to get the right person; title: Myth 12 Annual appraisals help you manage performance; title: Myth 13 Information must be controlled and limited; title: Myth 14 But women don't really want top jobs; title: Myth 15 leaders are born not made; title: Myth 16 Your first 100 days in a new job are make or break; title: Myth 17 You have to know everything that is going on; title: Myth 18 Heroic leaders can change entire organizations on their own; title: Myth 19 The boss with the best strategy wins; title: Myth 20 It is not possible to work flexibly in senior roles; title: Myth 21 Pay must be kept confidential; title: Myth 22 Psychology is psychobabble and there's no need or place for it; title: Myth 23 The robots are coming to take your job; title: Myth 24 Leadership must be transformational; title: Myth 25 Conformity leads to success; title: Myth 26 Feelings are soft and for losers; title: Myth 27 Keep your distance if you want respect; title: Myth 28 Be yourself; title: it's all about authenticity; title: Myth 29 Date of birth is destiny; title: Myth 30 People are motivated by money; title: Myth 31 Fear works and "engagement" is unnecessary; title: Myth 32 The business case will always prove persuasive; title: Myth 33 There's nothing wrong with the business, there's just a few rotten apples; title: Myth 34 We have woken up to the problems caused by prejudice; title: Myth 35 All the power resides at the top; title: Myth 36 People will learn if you explain things to them clearly; title: Myth 37 You must keep up with all the new management ideas and give them a try; title: Myth 38 You've got to talk like a real, serious, grown-up business person. learn the jargon; title: Myth 39 You can't manage people if you can't see them; title: Myth 40 Who needs employees anyway? : get with the gig economy; title: Myth 41 people hate change; title: Myth 42 Big data will fix everything; title: Myth 43 A cool office will make everybody more creative; title: Myth 44 There are only 44 things to get wrong; title: Appendices: fireside chats with prominent management thinkers; title: Appendix 1 Charles handy; title: Appendix 2 Eve poole; title: Appendix 3 Henry mintzberg; title: Appendix 4 herminia ibarra; title: Appendix 5 laura empson; title: Appendix 6 Lynda gratton; title: Appendix 7 Margaret heffernan; title: Appendix 8 Rob goffee and gareth jones; title: Appendix 9 Tom Peters; title: References; title: Index.