Self-Handicapping Leadership: The Nine Behaviors Holding Back Employees, Managers, and Companies, and How to Overcome Them

TRANSFORM CULTURES OF FAILURE INTO CULTURES OF SUCCESS! * Get people to reengage-and solve problems instead of creating them! * Model and propagate better ways to lead and collaborate * Escape the killer ERO Spiral (Excuses, Reduced Effort, Obstacles) * For leaders and managers in any organization! Every day, millions of employees watch their leaders sabotage themselves. They watch, they learn, and then they do it, too. Next thing you know, everyone's lost motivation, and nobody takes ownership. That's how organizations fail. This book will help you break the vicious cycle of self-handicapping leadership in your organization, stop the excuses, and unleash all the performance your team is capable of delivering. Phil and Jordan reveal how and why people handicap themselves even when they know better. Next, they offer real solutions from their own pioneering researchand consulting. You'll find practical ways to strengthen accountability andself-awareness, recognize the "big picture," impr