The Accidental Leader: What To Do When You're Suddenly In Charge

The Accidental Leader is for people who have recently been thrust into leadership roles and need to know what to do, right now. The book explains how to make the transition, fast. It addresses both practical issues (getting organized, how to win over employees) and philosophical dilemmas (preserving identity, dealing with corporate culture), with the goal of rapid results. The focus is on action, and applies to any organization of any size. It's a fast and humorous book that provides methods for assessing personal strengths and weaknesses, talking to and motivating new reports, giving orders and delegating, working with teams, negotiating, learning, and much more.

Table of contents :
Who gets called to accidental leadership? Just about anyone.
Introduction: What’s an Accidental Leader?
Part I: Managing Oneself
· Coming to Terms with Responsibility
· The First Day
· Meeting the Team
· Deciding What Kind of Leader to Be
· Becoming a Quick Study
· The Perfect Person for the Job
Part Two: Managing the Technical Side
· What they Expect You to Know, and What You’d Better Figure Out on Your Own.
· Planning to Succeed
· How a Little Orderliness Can Extend Your Shelf Life
· Who You Can Turn To
· Set Fire to Your Credenza
· Leading by Learning
Part III: Managing People
· Living with Teams
· Packing Up Your Predecessor
· The Right (and Wrong) Way to Make Up Your Mind
· Motivating People
· Locating the Levers of Change
· Learning to Negotiate
· Dealing with Other People
· How to Give Feedback
· Set Limits to Freedom
· The Importance of Being Frank
· Bridging the Age Gap
· How to Discipline and Fire
· Confession and Conclusion
Appendix: Best Books
Acknowledgments
The Authors
Index

Market Description :
· New Leaders and Managers


About Author :
Harvey Robbins is a business consultant, trainer, and author. He has consulted to numerous organizations including American Express, Allied Signal, General Dynamics, AT& T, 3M, Honeywell, the IRS, Johnson & Johnson, Nabisco, Target, US West, US Customs and the US Secret Service. He teaches a course called “The Accidental Leader” to hundreds a year, and speaks 50 times a year. He specializes in teams and organizational effectiveness.

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 &i; Financial Times&/i; Robbins and Finley have written several books together, including Why Teams Don't Work, which has sold over 120,000 (all editions) copies and won the Financial Times/Booz-Allen & Hamilton Global Business Award in 1995.