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" The elephant in the boardroom : "
Adrian Furnham.
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BL
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1034083
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b788453
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| Main Entry
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Furnham, Adrian.
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The elephant in the boardroom : : the causes of leadership derailment /\ Adrian Furnham.
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| Publication Statement
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Basingstoke :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2010.
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ix, 283 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0230229530
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: 0230281222
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: 9780230229532
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: 9780230281226
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Researching derailed, incompetent and failed leaders -- Early research and speculations -- Personality styles, traits and disorders -- The successful psychopath -- Narcissism at work -- The Machiavellian leader -- Sector-specific disorders -- Six more oddballs -- The cognitively challenged leader -- Preventing and managing derailment.
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"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 highflyers: those who are 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, cannot motivate their people and fail to learn from past mistakes. They fail on the basics: finding, forming and motivating a team to fulfill worthwhile and appropriate goals articulated 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 beforehand."--Jacket.
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Executive ability-- Psychological aspects.
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Leadership-- Psychological aspects.
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Executive ability-- Psychological aspects.
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Leadership-- Psychological aspects.
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Leadership.
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658.4092
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BF637.L4F87 2010
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