Drawing on her extensive experience and research in various
types of organizations-business, political, even religious
organizations-Dr. Whicker looks closely at three distinct types of
leaders which she categorizes as trustworthy, transitional, and
toxic leaders. In a clear and readable style she describes
leadership subtypes for transitional and toxic types: the absentee
leaders, the busybodies, controllers, enforcers, streetfighters,
and the bullies, all of whom are dangerous to their organizations
and are directly responsible in many cases for an organization's
decline. Whicker makes clear, however, that there are ways to
protect oneself from such leaders, and shows exactly what these
strategies are. A compelling, anecdotal, authoritative analysis for
anyone in any organization who has ever wondered why did the boss
do that - and why to "me"?
As Dr. Whicker sees it, "trustworthy leaders" are good, moral,
green light leaders. They can trusted to put the goals of the
organization and the well-being of their followers first.
Organizations with trustworthy leaders at the helm have a green
light to advance in productivity, growth, and progress. Three types
of trustworthy leaders are consensus builders, team leaders, and
commanders. "Transitional leaders" are self-absorbed, egotistical,
yellow light leaders. They are focused on the approval of others
and concerned with their personal role as leaders. Organizations
headed by transitional leaders have a cautionary yellow light to
growth, and lurch along at the mercy of the ebb and flow of
external currents and trends. Three types of transitional leaders
are absentee leaders, busybodies, and controllers. "Toxic leaders"
are maladjusted, malcontent, and often malevolent and malicious.
They succeed by tearing others down. They glory in turf protection,
fighting, and controlling others rather than uplifting followers.
They are red light leaders who destroy productivity and apply
brakes to organizational progress. They have a deep-seated but
well-disguised sense of personal inadequacy, selfish values, and
cleverness at concealing deceit. Three types of toxic leaders are
enforcers, streetfighters, and bullies. This book gives the reader
strategies for surviving transitional and toxic leaders and for
restoring organizational health.
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