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Fierce Leadership

A Bold Alternative to the Worst "Best" Practices of Business Today

by Susan Scott
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From the author of the acclaimed book Fierce Conversations comes the antidote to some of the most wrongheaded practices of business today.

· “Provide anonymous feedback.”
· “Hire smart people.”
· “Hold people accountable.”
These are all sound, business practices, right? Not so fast, says leadership visionary and bestselling author Susan Scott. In fact, these mantras — despite being long-accepted and adopted by business leaders everywhere — are completely wrongheaded. Worse, they are costing companies billions of dollars, driving away valuable employees and profitable customers, limiting performance, and stalling careers. Yet they are so deeply ingrained in organizational cultures that no one has questioned them. Until now.
In Fierce Leadership, Scott teaches us how to spot the worst “best” practices in our organizations using a technique she calls “squid eye”–the ability to see the “tells” or signs that we have fallen prey to disastrous behaviors by knowing what to look for. Only then, she says, can we apply the antidote..
Informed by over a decade of conversations with Fortune 500 executives, this book is that antidote. With fierce new approaches to everything from employee feedback to corporate diversity to customer relations, Scott offers fresh and surprising alternatives to six of the so-called “best” practices permeating today’s businesses. This refreshingly candid book is a must-read for any manager or leader at any level who is ready to take a long hard look at what trouble might be lurking in their organization - and do something about it.

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  • Release date

    September 15, 2009

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      • ISBN: 9780307589422

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      • ISBN: 9780307589422
      • File size: 3040 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      October 1, 2009
      Human connectivity, as opposed to strategy and tactics, is the next frontier for exponential growth and the only sustainable competitive edge, states Scott, a training consultant and author, who sets out to help individuals and organizations abandon those best practices that do not and perhaps never worked and replace them with those that produce results. Wrongheaded practices include sharing anonymous feedback rather than exchanging daily feedback face-to-face and hiring smart people rather than those with smarts and a heart. Each chapter of the book introduces a best practice and how to spot the indicators that signal a need for change and then offers an alternative practice that becomes woven into all that you do and area core principle. Moving from leadership to fierce leadership (a state of mind) takes courage and work, faith in yourself and others to step off the well-worn path of habit, and conformity to bring change in yourself and others with better results for your career and organization. Excellent book.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)

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