Leadership Failures: Precautionary Tales and Prevention Strategies

Cover
Endorsement Page
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
	Three Envelopes: An Important Opening Parable
	Is This Book for You? Essential Elements
	Prevention and Damage Control
Acknowledgments
Author Bios
Introduction
	Our View: Why Us?
	Book Organization and How to Use
Section 1 Stories
	Chapter 1 Vignettes About Failures
		Vignette 1: Well-prepared for the Wrong Role
		Vignette 2: Counter-cultural Leadership
		Vignette 3: Well Qualified, But Lazy
		Vignette 4: Sick Organization Syndrome (SOS)
		Vignette 5: Large and In Charge
		Vignette 6: Weak Moral Compass
		Vignette 7: You Can Stay Too Long
		Vignette 8: Symbols and Behaviors Communicate More Than Words
		Vignette 9: A Single Source of Truth Needs to be Verified
		Vignette 10: Temper Tantrums Are for Two-Year-Olds
		Vignette 11: Rip off the Bandage
		Vignette 12: Keep the Personal Away from the Professional
		Vignette 13: Leader’s Mind, But Not Brain, Is Lost
		Vignette 14: Family Business or Business of the Family?
		Vignette 15: Bureaucratic Success, Mission Leadership Failure
		Vignette 16: Leadership Failure Cascade
		Vignette 17: Boards Bruise the Business
		Vignette 18: Don’t Confuse Activity with Productivity
		Vignette 19: Small Intervention But Huge Impact
		Vignette 20: The No-Bell Prize
	Chapter 2 Essentials for Success
		Attribute 1: Honesty/Integrity
			Personal Leadership Questions (Honesty/Integrity)
			Institutional Leadership Questions (Honesty/Integrity)
		Attribute 2: Self-Awareness
			Personal Leadership Questions (Self-Awareness)
			Institutional Leadership Questions (Self-Awareness)
		Attribute 3: Emotional Maturity
			Personal Leadership Questions (Emotional Maturity)
			Institutional Leadership Questions (Emotional Maturity)
		Attribute 4: Communicator
			Personal Leadership Questions (Communicator)
			Institutional Leadership Questions (Communicator)
		Attribute 5: Decisiveness
			Personal Leadership Questions (Decisiveness)
			Institutional Leadership Questions (Decisiveness)
		Attribute 6: Intelligence
			Personal Leadership Questions (Intelligent)
			Institutional Leadership Questions (Intelligent)
		Attribute 7: Resilience
			Personal Leadership Questions (Resilience)
			Institutional Leadership Questions (Resilience)
Section 2 And now what?
	Chapter 3 Planning for Orderly Organizational Succession
	Chapter 4 Modeling Career Growth as a Part of Succession
	Chapter 5 Reframing for the Future
	Chapter 6 The Final Admonition
Appendix: Tracking Matrix
Annotated References
Index