Don't Kill the Bosses!
Escaping the Hierarchy Trap
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2001
188 pages
978-1-60509-806-7 (ISBN)
Description
Despite the incendiary title, this is a cool-headed blueprint for changing companies by challenging the idea of boss-dominated relationships. The author shows how to establish candid, equal-footing relationships that work effectively and productively.
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Content
- Intro
- Praise for Don't Kill the Bosses!
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction and Executive Summary: Why Not Kill the Bosses?!
- 1 Recognizing the Hierarchy Trap
- HIERARCHY IS AN ORGANIZATION TRAP
- TWO-SIDED ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERING IS THE ALTERNATIVE
- SUMMARY
- 2 The Core Problem Is One-Sided Accountability
- CASE 1
- CASE 2
- SHORT CASE
- SHORT CASE
- 3 Transformation 1: You've Got to Use What You Know about Human Nature
- FALSE OBJECTIVITY IS A HURDLE TO OVERCOME
- WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE CLASS
- CHANGING THE PARADIGM
- IMPLICATIONS FOR HIERARCHICAL RELATIONSHIPS
- WE TAKE THE TEST
- CONCLUSION
- 4 Transformation 2: Politics As Usual Won't Get You There
- YOU NEED TO PRACTICE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POLITICS
- TWO-SIDED ACCOUNTABILITY LESSONS
- CONCLUSION
- 5 You Need a Two-Sided Accountability Mind-Set
- PUTTING IT TOGETHER: ACHIEVING TWO-SIDED ACCOUNTABILITY
- PRINCIPLE 1: INEVITABLE SUBJECTIVITY
- PRINCIPLE 2: PRACTICE WIN-WIN-WIN POLITICS
- PRINCIPLE 3: PUT TWO-SIDED ACCOUNTABILITY INTO ACTION
- SUMMARY
- 6 Team Effectiveness Requires It
- SNAP-TOGETHER TEAMWORK RESULTS FROM ONE-SIDED ACCOUNTABILITY
- THE TWO-SIDED ACCOUNTABILITY APPROACH TO TEAMWORK
- 7 Top Levels Need to Support It
- WHO OWNS THE COMPANY, ANYWAY?
- CONCLUSION
- 8 Changing the Structure to Encourage It
- CONNECTING THE LAST THREE REFERENCE POINTS
- OUR BACK-POCKET PROPOSAL FEATURES TWO-STEP-UP EVALUATION
- 9 What Don't Kill the Bosses! Can Do for You: Who Benefits and How?
- HOW TOP-LEVEL EXECUTIVES CAN USE THE DON'T KILL THE BOSSES! PERSPECTIVE
- HOW EXECUTIVES CAN BENEFIT
- WHAT MIDDLE-LEVEL BOSSES HAVE TO GAIN
- WHAT PEOPLE STARTING OUT AND LOWER DOWN IN THE COMPANY HAVE TO GAIN
- CONCLUSION
- Index
- About the Authors
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
