Unnatural leadership : going against institution and experience to develop ten new leadership instincts

Author(s)

• Dotlich, David Landreth
• Cairo, Peter C.

Bibliographic Information

Unnatural leadership : going against institution and experience to develop ten new leadership instincts

David L. Dotlich, Peter C. Cairo

（The Jossey-Bass business & management series）

Jossey-Bass, c2002

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Written by David Dotlich and Peter Cairo-- two of the country's top executive coaches and educators-- Unnatural Leadership debunks the common notion of the natural leader as a flawless figure. The book describes the truth about being a real leader in a business environment turned upside down by e-commerce, diversity, security concerns, globalization, and matrix structures. Drawing on personal experience working with successful leaders in top-tier companies throughout the world, Dotlich and Cairo identify a style of leadership used by those who succeed in complicated business and people situations, a style that maximizes a leader's strengths and acknowledges weaknesses.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix Stephen H. Rhinesmith Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Part One: The Importance of Unnatural Leadership 1 Ten Unnatural Acts 11 Exercise: Assessing Your Unnatural Leadership 29 2 Adapting to an Increasingly Unnatural Environment 31 Exercise: Breaking the Rules of Natural Leadership 46 3 Resistance Factors 47 Exercise: Assessing Your Resistance to Unnatural Leadership 66 Part Two: Personal Challenges for the Unnatural Leader 4 Refuse to Be a Prisoner of Experience 71 Exercise: Refusing to Be a Prisoner of Experience 86 5 Expose Your Vulnerabilities 89 Exercise: Exposing Your Vulnerabilities 102 6 Acknowledge Your Shadow Side 107 Exercise: Acknowledging Your Shadow Side 122 7 Develop a Right-Versus-Right Decision-Making Mentality 125 Exercise: A Tool for Developing an Unnatural Decision-Making Mentality 137 Part Three: Leading Teams as an Unnatural Leader 8 Create Teams That Create Discomfort 141 Exercise: Creating Teams That Create Discomfort 158 9 Trust Others Before They Earn It 161 Exercise: Trusting Others Before They Earn It 174 10 Coach and Teach Rather Than Lead and Inspire 177 Exercise: Coaching and Teaching Rather Than Leading and Inspiring 188 Part Four: Leading the Organization as an Unnatural Leader 11 Connect Instead of Create 193 Exercise: Connecting Instead of Creating 206 12 Give Up Some Control 209 Exercise: Giving Up Some Control 221 13 Challenge the Conventional Wisdom 225 Exercise: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom 239 14 Giving Yourself Unnatural Options 243 Bibliography 251 Index 257 About the Authors 267

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Details

• NCID: BA56907665
• ISBN:
  • 078795618X
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: San Francisco
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 268 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28227152