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THE ELEPHANT IN THE BOARDROOM
THE CAUSES OF LEADERSHIP DERAILMENT |
| By: |
Adrian F. Furnham |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£26.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0230281222 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780230281226 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
27 January, 2010 |
| Description: |
This book from the acclaimed management writer Adrian Furnham, explores the dark side of leadership and how and why leaders can have a negative impact upon their companies and organisations. It asks why too often people do not speak out but instead ignore the problems they are causing. |
| Synopsis: |
This book is about potentially great business leaders: often people thought to have, and indeed having, great skill, charm and determination. It is about people often initially feted to be high flyers; talented or those with potential who get noticed and promoted. Nearly all derailed leaders have an impressive CV: a history of achievement and success. But something went wrong. To rise to the top of any organization takes ability and effort: it often takes great determination and great skill. Leaders of organizations need to be courageous and bold; self-confident and socially skilled, and many other things beside. By contrast bad managers make poor decisions, can't motivate their people and fail to learn from past mistakes. They fail on the basics: finding, forming and motivating a team to fulfil worthwhile and appropriate goals which they articulate as clear targets and challenges. The author explains how and why potentially good leaders get appointed but then fail and derail, and how to spot the signs. |
| Illustrations: |
9 black & white tables, 5 figures |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |