Book Titles

Leading the Unleadable
How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People

By Alan Willett

Year Published: 2016
ISBN-13: 978-0814437605
Categories: Difficult People, Leadership, Management

114 Quotes Found

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Leading the Unleadable:

As a leader at any level, you have responsibilities to the people you are leading, as well as the people who are stakeholders.

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Leading the Unleadable:

Bright-light projects bring lots of pressure… However, much of it is self-imposed. This pressure leads to bad decisions and late surprises.

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Leading the Unleadable:

The trouble is your fault, even when it is not.

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Leading the Unleadable:

If you are the leader responsible for making sure the mission is accomplished, it is not accomplished, it is still your responsibility.

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Leading the Unleadable:

To successfully lead the unleadable, we must accept that leadership is a choice. Further, we can choose the kind of leaders we desire to be.

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Leading the Unleadable:

Freedom in how to achieve the goals improves the efficiency and the results.

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Leading the Unleadable:

Make saying ‘no’ become valuable to you and others.

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Leading the Unleadable:

The best and simplest measure of successful leadership is results because results matter.

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Leading the Unleadable:

Delivering on time with high quality is a measure of success. If you do not deliver to expectations, projects will not be deemed as successful. You will not be deemed as successful.

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Leading the Unleadable:

The first difference with exceptional leaders is that they have a very personal, passionate mission that goes beyond those simple (and, yes, important results.

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