Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott

Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott

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.

Scott, Susan: - Susan is a business psychologist, a nutritional therapist, a trainer, a consultant and a coach, as well as a public speaker and an author. She has worked extensively in the Information Technology, Management Consultancy, Finance, Legal and Charity sectors and has designed and delivered major change management projects and management, leadership and wellbeing programmes for numerous private and public sector organisations across the UK, Europe, USA and Australasia. Susan brings a blended mind and body approach to her work. She believes passionately that everyone, but in particular The Young Professional deserves to work in ways that foster their resilience, performance and careers. And because of her extensive experience in working within organisations, she is very aware of the need for all staff to understand and be able to demonstrate the value they bring to helping their employer meet its strategic business goals. Susan has an MSc in Organisational Behaviour from the University of London, a Diploma in Nutritional Therapy (Distinction) from the Institute for Optimum Nutrition and is registered with The Nutritional Therapy Council. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Fellow of the International Stress Management Association. She is also a Principal Member of the Association for Business Psychology and a Member of the British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy. She is a past Chair of the Trustees of the International Stress Management Association (ISMA UK) and is the co-author of The Manager's Role in Stress Prevention.

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ISBN 13	9780385529006
ISBN 10	0385529007
Title	Fierce Leadership
Author	Susan Scott
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	2009-09-18
Number of pages	313
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