Replete with engaging stories and written in a down-to-earth style, this book provides the first and only road map for finding success and happiness in life's most common yet underrated roleâthat of the follower.
What kinds of behaviors and responses do most bosses want from those they lead? Which jobs seem desirable and exciting but present work conditions in which followers are likely to fail or be unhappy? What's the best way to communicate bad and good news to a superior? Winning at Following: Secrets to Success in Supporting Roles answers these questions and covers many more topics that are highly relevant to everyone, for those who report to others as well as for managers, directors, CEOs, or other acting leaders. Individuals who are satisfied in their roles as followers will discover information that helps them to optimize their success and fulfillment at work, while dissatisfied followersâanyone struggling as a follower and searching for directions for positive changeâwill find this book extremely valuable as a road map to greater meaning, success, and satisfaction at work and in life.
Readers will gain the critical direction and tools for fulfillment in their roles as followersâin whatever capacity that may beâand understand what they need to do to please their superiors as well as to solve the common problems and challenges that followers face. The book also explains how individuals can identify their followership style and discover the types of organizations where they are most likely to thrive. The final chapter provides guidance on how to overcome common, serious problems that followers experience, such as micromanaging bosses, sexual harassment, unethical directives from superiors, and disrespectful colleagues.
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Leadership: Everyoneâs Fair-Haired Child
- 2 Followership: The Undisputed Leader of Underrated Roles
- 3 Superlative Subordinates: The Ideal Follower
- 4 Cultivating the Qualities of the Ideal Follower
- 5 What Kind of Follower Are You? Finding Your Followership Style
- 6 Follower Havens and Hades: Winning through Finding the Right Fit for Your Followership Style
- 7 More Follower Havens and Hades
- 8 Becoming a Satisfied Follower: The Verdict of a Quarter-Million Employees
- 9 Extraordinary, Ordinary, and the Worst Jobs for Followers
- 10 Overcoming the Unbecoming as Followers: Micromanagers, Passing on Bad News, and Unethical Bosses
- 11 More Overcoming the Unbecoming: Sexual Harassment and Abusive Bosses
- 12 Summary and Stories of Follower Glories
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
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