Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results

Author: Cy Wakeman  Publisher: Jossey-Bass  Date: 2010 

Description: Leadership strategies grounded in reality and focused on results

Recent polls show that 71% of workers think about quitting their jobs every day. That number would be shocking-if people actually were quitting. Worse, they go to work, punching time clocks and collecting pay checks, while completely checked out emotionally. In Reality-Based Leadership, expert Fast Company blogger Cy Wakeman reveals how to be the kind of leader who changes the way people think about and perceive their circumstances-one who deals with the facts, clarifies roles, gives clear and direct feedback, and insists that everyone do the same-without drama or defensiveness. Filled with dynamic examples, innovative tools, and diagnostic tests, this book shows you how to become a Reality-Based Leader, revealing how to:

• Uncover destructive thought patterns with yourself and others
• Diffuse drama and lead the person in front of you
• Stop managing and start leading, empowering others to focus on facts and think for themselves

Equipped with a facts-based, confident approach, you will free yourself from the frustrations you face at work and transform yourself into a Reality-Based Leader, with the ability to liberate and inspire others.  -from Amazon

ISBN-10 : 9780470613504   ISBN-13 : 978-0470613504

Tags: Leadership, Management, Leadership & Management, Human Resources, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Empowerment, Instruction Methods, Book Study, Administration, Behaviour Modification, Business Communication, Decision Making, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Education, Instruction Methods, Workplace Culture,