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Chapter 1 - What Is Leadership?
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Chapter 2 - The Various Types of Chiefs
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Chapter 3 - Gender Differences: Equal, but …
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Chapter 4 - Starting: The Different Approaches and the Entrance Speech
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Chapter 5 - The Differences between Academic and Business Chiefs
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Chapter 6 - How to Dress When You Start
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Chapter 7 - How to Dress Once You Are Established
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Chapter 8 - How to Use Your Office as a Theater of Operations
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Chapter 9 - How to Budget Your Time
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Chapter 10 - Gaining Respect
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Chapter 11 - Gaining Loyalty
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Chapter 12 - How to Treat Close Associates
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Chapter 13 - How to Treat Equals
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Chapter 14 - How to Treat Subordinates
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Chapter 15 - Treating Adversity
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Chapter 16 - How to Recruit and Promote Talent
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Chapter 17 - How to Let Your Associates Go
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Chapter 18 - Entertaining
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Chapter 19 - Having a New Chief
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Chapter 20 - Recruiting
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Chapter 21 - Promotion to the Next Step of Chief
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Chapter 22 - Surviving Away from the Job
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Chapter 23 - Saying Goodbye
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Epilogue: Surviving and Enjoying Retirement
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References
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Leaders Interviewed
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Index
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About the book
Description
Be in Charge: A Leadership Manual defines what "leadership" is. It includes comprehensive coverage on various types of chiefs (including both business and academic) and discusses gender differences in leadership styles. Also included are terrific tips on how to dress as a leader, budget time efficiently, gain loyalty and respect, terminate employees professionally, recruit qualified people, treat adversity in the workplace, survive and enjoy retirement, and much more.
Be in Charge: A Leadership Manual defines what "leadership" is. It includes comprehensive coverage on various types of chiefs (including both business and academic) and discusses gender differences in leadership styles. Also included are terrific tips on how to dress as a leader, budget time efficiently, gain loyalty and respect, terminate employees professionally, recruit qualified people, treat adversity in the workplace, survive and enjoy retirement, and much more.
Key Features
- A Foreword by Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE, comments on the author's leadership expertise
- Original cartoon artwork enriches the text as well as entertains the reader
- Contains advice for women on how to break through "the glass ceiling" to become executives
- Includes information on the differences between business and academic chiefs
- Gives practical tips on how to dress as a leader, budget time efficiently, gain loyalty and respect, terminate employees professionally, recruit qualified people, treat adversity in the workplace, survive and enjoy retirement, and much more
- A Foreword by Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE, comments on the author's leadership expertise
- Original cartoon artwork enriches the text as well as entertains the reader
- Contains advice for women on how to break through "the glass ceiling" to become executives
- Includes information on the differences between business and academic chiefs
- Gives practical tips on how to dress as a leader, budget time efficiently, gain loyalty and respect, terminate employees professionally, recruit qualified people, treat adversity in the workplace, survive and enjoy retirement, and much more
Details
ISBN
978-0-12-471351-2
Language
English
Published
2002
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
Imprint
Academic Press