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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: We’ve crafted myths about famous business leaders that greatly hinder emerging leaders’ success.
Chapter 3: Confidence and narcissism can help leaders climb to the top and remain there.
Chapter 4: Care less about authenticity and more about showing confidence and poise, even when it’s fake.
Chapter 5: Effective leaders deploy lies to achieve their goals and keep employees content.
Chapter 6: Trust is a nonessential leadership trait because agreements often must be abandoned in practice.
Chapter 7: Effective leaders prioritize holding power and deflecting blame above other considerations at times.
Chapter 8: There’s no cause for workers and employers to feel mutual loyalty anymore today.
Chapter 9: You can grasp much about leadership’s harsh truths by observing leaders’ behavior in real time closely.
Description
Leadership BS (2015) looks at the dirty world of business executives to see what life’s really like at the top of the corporate ladder. What we find is something quite different than the squeaky-clean image most motivational leadership gurus and CEO biographies will try to sell you. Discover what a nasty business you’ll really have to get into if you want to become a successful leader in today’s cutthroat business world.
Who Should Listen
- Managers, bosses and anyone interested in leadership skills
- Readers interested in social science
- Students of business