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Unnatural Leadership: Going Against Intuition and Experience to Develop Ten New Leadership Instincts
David L. Dotlich, PhD, Peter C. Cairo, PhD
ISBN: 978-0-7879-5618-9
Hardcover
288 pages

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Foreword (Stephen H. Rhinesmith).

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part One: The Importance of Unnatural Leadership.

1 Ten Unnatural Acts.

Exercise: Assessing Your Unnatural Leadership.

2 Adapting to an Increasingly UnnaturalEnvironment.

Exercise: Breaking the Rules of Natural Leadership.

3 Resistance Factors.

Exercise: Assessing Your Resistance to UnnaturalLeadership.

Part Two: Personal Challenges for the Unnatural Leader.

4 Refuse to Be a Prisoner of Experience.

Exercise: Refusing to Be a Prisoner of Experience.

5 Expose Your Vulnerabilities.

Exercise: Exposing Your Vulnerabilities.

6 Acknowledge Your Shadow Side.

Exercise: Acknowledging Your Shadow Side.

7 Develop a Right-Versus-Right Decision-MakingMentality.

Exercise: A Tool for Developing an UnnaturalDecision-Making Mentality.

Part Three: Leading Teams as an Unnatural Leader.

8 Create Teams That Create Discomfort.

Exercise: Creating Teams That Create Discomfort.

9 Trust Others Before They Earn It.

Exercise: Trusting Others Before They Earn It.

10 Coach and Teach Rather Than Lead and Inspire.

Exercise: Coaching and Teaching Rather Than Leadingand Inspiring.

Part Four: Leading the Organizationas an Unnatural Leader.

11 Connect Instead of Create.

Exercise: Connecting Instead of Creating.

12 Give Up Some Control.

Exercise: Giving Up Some Control.

13 Challenge the Conventional Wisdom.

Exercise: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom.

14 Giving Yourself Unnatural Options.

Bibliography.

Index.

About the Authors.
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