Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results

Published by John Wiley & Sons,  New York, 2010, hardcover, index, 168 pages, condition: new.

Leadership strategies grounded in reality and focused on results
Recent polls show that 71% of workers think about quitting their jobs every day. That number would be shocking-if people actually were quitting. Worse, they go to work, punching time clocks and collecting pay checks, while completely checked out emotionally. In Reality-Based Leadership, expert Fast Company blogger Cy Wakeman reveals how to be the kind of leader who changes the way people think about and perceive their circumstances-one who deals with the facts, clarifies roles, gives clear and direct feedback, and insists that everyone do the same-without drama or defensiveness.Filled with dynamic examples, innovative tools, and diagnostic tests, this book shows you how to become a Reality-Based Leader, revealing how Uncover destructive thought patterns with yourself and others. Diffuse drama and lead the person in front of you Stop managing and start leading, empowering others to focus on facts and think for themselves. Equipped with a facts-based, confident approach, you will free yourself from the frustrations you face at work and transform yourself into a Reality-Based Leader, with the ability to liberate and inspire others.

We talk more about people than we do to people. We ourselves judge and the minute we start judging we're not leading, we're not serving, and we're not even learning. We can't expect people to add value when we don't. We spend too much time on our worst performers and don't reward our best performers. Instead of attempting to fix their world, help them understand their world differently so that they themselves can be their own solution.I enjoyed this book as a tool to help leaders understand what they can do - help staff come up with solutions and reinforce personal accountability - and what they can't do - make everyone happy and make their job or organization perfect.