Leadership Begins with You 3 Rules that will Transform your Job into a Career

by Riley, Mary Morgan

• ISBN13: 9780399526534
• ISBN10: 0399526536
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Perigee Trade

Summary

Teaches readers the three rules of transforming a job into a successful career, based on the experience and education of the author. Offers a leader's box of tools and real-life examples of what makes an effective manager, showing how any reader can transform themselves and become a VIP. Softcover. DLC: Leadership.

Author Biography

Mary Morgan Riley runs the Santa Rosa, California-based consulting firm Pacific Management Group

Table of Contents

Introduction: Origin of the Rules	ix
Take Charge! You Are the CEO of Your Own Career	1	(15)
Why Companies Need the Three Rules	16	(15)
Rule 1: Everyone Contributes	31	(19)
What a Contribution Is---and Isn't	50	(17)
Achieving Mutual Contribution	67	(28)
Rule 2: No Put-downs	95	(20)
The Power of No Put-downs	115	(14)
Transforming Put-downs into Responsible Communication	129	(22)
Rule 3: Keep Agreements	151	(18)
The Power of Keeping Your Agreements	169	(12)
Creating Agreements That Work	181	(22)
Successfully Introducing the Three Rules to Your Workgroup	203	(19)
Generating Buy-in to the Rules	222	(15)
Jump-starting the Rules with a Three Rules Performance Appraisal System: The ``Professional Growth Plan''	237	(17)
Second Opinion: A Tool for Inner Wisdom	254	(20)
Why Mid-Managers and Employees Need the Rules Now and in the Future	274	(21)
Appendix of Tools	295	(42)
Notes	337	(6)
Bibliography	343	(6)
Index	349