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The Contrarian Guide to Leadership (Audible Audio Edition) Steven B Sample John H Mayer Audible Studios Books



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In this offbeat approach to leadership, college president Steven B. Sample - the man who turned the University of Southern California into one of the most respected and highly rated universities in the country - challenges many conventional teachings on the subject.

Here, Sample outlines an iconoclastic style of leadership that flies in the face of current leadership thought, but a style that unquestionably works, nevertheless. Sample urges leaders and aspiring leaders to focus on some key counterintuitive truths. He offers his own down-to-earth, homespun, and often provocative advice on some complex and thoughtful issues. And he provides many practical, if controversial, tactics for successful leadership, suggesting, among other things, that leaders should sometimes compromise their principles, not read everything that comes across their desks, and always put off decisions.


The Contrarian Guide to Leadership (Audible Audio Edition) Steven B Sample John H Mayer Audible Studios Books

I'm a long-time nurse, mid-level manager, and faculty in BSN/MSN nursing programs. As such I am familiar with a wide variety of leadership theories and texts, and in addition to my practice I often teach leadership classes. I was introduced to Sample's 'Contrarian Leadership' theory early in my own doctoral program, and loved it immediately. Most theories (in any profession) are very black and white - do this, don't do this, this is correct, this is poor management. Sample's theory is just what the title states - he questions everything, and provides suggestions as to how to lead effectively through common sense assessment of problems and looking at a wide variety of usable interventions. My favorite from this book deals with problem solving: Early on in my career, I was indoctrinated into the common belief that a good leader solved every problem immediately - then your staff would love you and your company would soar in productivity and/or customer satisfaction. But I almost drowned under the ever-mounting piles of issues that needed a solution. I sometimes envisioned my desk as a coffin, where good ideas came to die. Instead of this 'fix-it-fast' mentality, Sample proposes the approach of 'artful procrastination' - most problems do NOT need fixed in the next five minutes, or even the next week; a few high-risk problems do require a fast fix. In the first group of problems awaiting the fix, artful procrastition results in 1) having more time to accumulate more information, which results in better solutions, and 2) many problems that fix themselves quite successfully. This leaves just a few issues that are time-critical, and a manager who has more time to focus on these needs - again, you get potentially better outcomes because you have time to gather and process information quickly. T
This is a very basically stated summary - but it so clearly defines the importance of questioning and challenging the theories that depend on a list of rules to guide problem-solving. Sample provides simply stated suggestions for successful leadership, with examples and often with pithy phrases to help you remember the concepts. In a way, Sample takes away the guilt many managers suffer when they are unable to fit a solution into a strict leadership structure; the resulting freedom to use common sense results in interventions that make sense to both leaders/managers and their staff, and are therefore more likely to find answers that meet the needs of the many instead of the few. Excellent theory written clearly, with humor and with applicability to leadership in any field and at every level. Should be required reading for any leaders.

Product details

  • Audible Audiobook
  • Listening Length 7 hours and 28 minutes
  • Program Type Audiobook
  • Version Unabridged
  • Publisher Audible Studios
  • Audible.com Release Date December 10, 2009
  • Language English
  • ASIN B0030EY83I

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