Unnatural Leadership Going Against Intuition and Experience to Develop Ten New Leadership Instincts

by Dotlich, David L.; Cairo, Peter C.

• ISBN13: 9780787956189
• ISBN10: 078795618X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Written by David Dotlich and Peter Cairo- two of the country's top executive coaches and educators- "Unnatural Leadership" debunks the common notion of the natural leader as a flawless figure. The book describes the truth about being a real leader in a business environment turned upside down by e-commerce, diversity, security concerns, globalization, and matrix structures. Drawing on personal experience working with successful leaders in top-tier companies throughout the world, Dotlich and Cairo identify a style of leadership used by those who succeed in complicated business and people situations, a style that maximizes a leader's strengths and acknowledges weaknesses.

Author Biography

David L. Dotlich— former executive vice president of Honeywell and Groupe Bull-is a partner of CDR International (www.cdr-intl.com) and coauthor of Action Learning (Jossey-Bass, 1998) and Action Coaching (Jossey-Bass, 1999), both of which identify breakthrough ways to develop leaders and are used by companies throughout the world. He is a business adviser, educator, and coach to top executives of Johnson & Johnson, Intel, Siemens, Bank of America, Novartis, Sun Microsystems, The Gap, Nike, Sprint, Washington Mutal, and more.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Stephen H. Rhinesmith
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	1	(10)
Part One: The Importance of Unnatural Leadership
Ten Unnatural Acts	11	(20)
Assessing Your Unnatural Leadership	29	(2)
Adapting to an Increasingly Unnatural Environment	31	(16)
Breaking the Rules of Natural Leadership	46	(1)
Resistance Factors	47	(24)
Assessing Your Resistance to Unnatural Leadership	66	(5)
Part Two: Personal Challenges for the Unnatural Leader
Refuse to Be a Prisoner of Experience	71	(18)
Refusing to Be a Prisoner of Experience	86	(3)
Expose Your Vulnerabilities	89	(18)
Exposing Your Vulnerabilities	102	(5)
Acknowledge Your Shadow Side	107	(18)
Acknowledging Your Shadow Side	122	(3)
Develop a Right-Versus-Right Decision-Making Mentality	125	(16)
A Tool for Developing an Unnatural Decision-Making Mentality	137	(4)
Part Three: Leading Teams as an Unnatural Leader
Create Teams That Create Discomfort	141	(20)
Creating Teams That Create Discomfort	158	(3)
Trust Others Before They Earn It	161	(16)
Trusting Others Before They Earn It	174	(3)
Coach and Teach Rather Than Lead and Inspire	177	(16)
Coaching and Teaching Rather Than Leading and Inspiring	188	(5)
Part Four: Leading the Organization as an Unnatural Leader
Connect Instead of Create	193	(16)
Connecting Instead of Creating	206	(3)
Give Up Some Control	209	(16)
Giving Up Some Control	221	(4)
Challenge the Conventional Wisdom	225	(18)
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom	239	(4)
Giving Yourself Unnatural Options	243	(8)
Bibliography	251	(6)
Index	257	(10)
About the Authors	267