The Wisdom of Failure by Weinzimmer, Laurence G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Praise for The Wisdom of Failure Title page Copyright page ONE: Flawless Leadership

TWO LEADERS, TWO STORIES GREAT LEADERSHIP: SHAPED BY OPPOSING FORCES THE FAILURE PARADOX A PERFECT STORM: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, UNFORESEEN TIMING, AND UNTOLD STORIES A TAXONOMY OF LEADERSHIP MISTAKES NEW DISCOVERIES THE REST OF THE STORY

PART ONE: Unbalanced Orchestration

TWO: Seduced by Yes

IRRATIONAL GREED: CHASING PENNIES WITH DOLLARS ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT: KNOWING WHEN TO SAY WHEN BEING ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE JUST SAY NO: AVOIDING THE MISTAKE OF YES

THREE: Businesses You Have No Business Being In

BOXES AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION THE LURE OF THE EXCITING AND THE NEW LETTING COMPETITORS DEFINE THE BOX THINKING INSIDE THE BOX INSIDE-THE-BOX LEADERS THE POWER OF COMMON SENSE

FOUR: Entrenched in Efficiency

UNDERSTANDING EFFECTIVENESS WHY EFFECTIVENESS TRUMPS EFFICIENCY HOW LEADERS GET TRAPPED IN AN EFFICIENCY MIND-SET SHOOTING STARS AVOIDING THE EFFICIENCIES TRAP

PART TWO: Drama Management

FIVE: The Playground in the Workplace

THE OLD-SCHOOL MANAGER THE CONSEQUENCES OF OLD-SCHOOL MANAGEMENT WHY GOOD PEOPLE BECOME OLD-SCHOOL LEADERS WHY GOOD PEOPLE TOLERATE OLD-SCHOOL MANAGERS ENDING OLD-SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND REPAIRING THE DAMAGE IF THE MILITARY CAN DO IT, SO CAN YOU

SIX: When Utopia Becomes Dystopia

SEVEN: The Battle Within

DISTRACTION SOUP: THE FORMS OF DISTRACTED PURPOSE RESCUING YOUR TEAM FROM DISTRACTED PURPOSE

PART THREE: Personality Issues

EIGHT: Standing in the Way

THE WHAT AND WHY OF HOARDING CONSEQUENCES OF HOARDING ARE YOU A HOARDER? STOP MANAGING AND START LEADING: OVERCOMING THE URGE TO HOARD

NINE: Living Outside the Storm

MISFIT AND BURNOUT LEADERS CELEBRITY LEADERS AVOIDING THE MISTAKES OF DISENGAGEMENT

TEN: “Does This Doorframe Make My Head Look Big?”

THE ALCHEMY OF THE SELF-ABSORBED LEADER THE PERILS OF THE SELF-ABSORBED LEADER THE SILENT VICTIMS OF SELF-ABSORBED LEADERS SELF-CONFIDENCE VERSUS SELF-ABSORPTION KNOW THE SIGNS OF SELF-ABSORBED LEADERSHIP STEERING CLEAR OF SELF-ABSORBED LEADERSHIP

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