The Accidental Leader

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What to Do When You're Suddenly in Charge

By Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley

Series: Jossey-Bass Leadership Series

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The Accidental Leader by Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley is a practical guide for those unexpectedly thrust into leadership roles. It equips new leaders with essential tools to understand their strengths and weaknesses, define and achieve success, rally their teams, and navigate organisational culture effectively. Filled with actionable advice, it serves as a leadership first aid kit to help readers direct and motivate others even without prior preparation.
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This book is ideal for professionals who find themselves unexpectedly promoted or assigned leadership responsibilities, as well as managers seeking straightforward guidance on effective team direction and organisational navigation.

The Accidental Leader

Managers often become leaders overnight, with little training or experience and with little time to prove themselves. This book explains how to make the transition, fast.

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It could happen today. You are called into the office, and the boss tells you that due to unforeseen circumstances, starting today you will be in charge of a team, a project, an office, a committee, or a business unit. Without any warning (or preparation on your part) you've become an accidental leader.

If you have been thrust into a position of sudden responsibility, you need The Accidental Leader. This book is a first aid kit that gives you the information and inspiration you need to:

Know what you bring to the challenge—your pluses and minuses
Define success and achieve it
Get other people on your side
Overcome your natural shortcomings
Get organized—right now
See through the apparent system to the culture within
Direct people and get them to act

The Accidental Leader is your lifeline to leadership success. It is filled with practical answers to the many leadership questions that you will face.

Series: Jossey-Bass Leadership Series

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The book has been praised for offering “many nuggets of wisdom” (Professional Manager, May 2004), highlighting its practical and insightful approach to sudden leadership challenges.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780787968557

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 November 2003

Country: United States

Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.

Illustration: Tables: 4 B&W, 0 Color; Exhibits: 1 B&W, 0 Color

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 263g

Pages: 208

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Business & Entrepreneurship Business Leadership & Management Education & Reference Harvey Robbins Michael Finley Non-Fiction Series: Jossey-Bass Leadership Series

About the Author

Harvey Robbins is a psychologist, business consultant, trainer, and author. He has consulted to numerous organizations including American Express, Allied Signal, General Dynamics, AT&T, 3M, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Nabisco, Target, and US West.
Michael Finley is a prolific author and journalist whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications. He is well known for his writing on technology, and was chosen as one of the "Masters of the Wired World" by the Financial Times. Robbins and Finley have written several books together, including the best-selling Why Teams Dont Work, which won the Financial Times/Booz-Allen & Hamilton Global Business Award in 1995.