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9781881052357

Memoirs of a Recovering Autocrat Revealing Insights for Managing the Autocrat in All of Us

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    9781881052357

  • ISBN10:

    1881052354

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1995-03-07
  • Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Summary

Revealing vignettes offer practical help for learning more participative styles of managing and living more joyous and satisfying lives. Hallstein's prescription for overcoming the autocrat within us not only creates new possibilities for getting a job done, but frees us from having to know everything, do everything, and control everything.

Author Biography

Richard W. Hallstein is CEO of McLagan International, a management consulting and training firm. His previous career included 23 years' experience as a senior executive in line management, strategic planning, and human resources. He is the author of Memoirs of a Recovering Autocrat.

Table of Contents

Relief from Being in Charge All of the Timep. 1
Once Begun, the Journey Never Endsp. 5
A Power Greater Than Myselfp. 11
The Case for Incompetencep. 17
Casting Light on Our Dark Sidep. 23
Struggles With Self-Importancep. 31
The Courage for Necessary Messesp. 39
A Bias for No Actionp. 45
Nourishing the Spiritp. 51
The Addictions That Drive Usp. 57
On Being Enlightened But Not Evolvedp. 63
Using the Gift of Powerp. 69
Putting People to the Testp. 75
Information as an Allyp. 83
The Tao of Homogeneityp. 89
Eliminating Soul Pollutionp. 95
Trained for Showp. 103
The Big Wheel Syndromep. 109
The Propensity to Be "Dead Serious"p. 115
Competition Versus Collaborationp. 123
The Problem With the Bootstrap Theoryp. 131
Autocrats Anonymousp. 139
Indexp. 145
The Authorp. 155
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