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How to be successful working with a productive narcissistic leader

February 17, 2014/in Sharpening Your Personal Leadership Skills/by Tom Doescher

This is a continuation of our discussion regarding narcissistic leaders. If you haven’t already read “Is a narcissistic leader a bad leader?”, please check it out. Author Michael Maccoby, in his book Narcissistic Leaders, offers five principles for working with these types of individuals: know yourself and your type (in the book he gets into […]

Is a narcissistic leader a bad leader?

February 3, 2014/in Sharpening Your Personal Leadership Skills/by Tom Doescher

In our last blog, we suggested that in an effort to grow and develop as a leader, it’s important to read books and listen to folks who have different points of view. Our latest example comes from reading Narcissistic Leaders by Michael Maccoby. He presents a pretty compelling case, and explains why what he calls […]

Do you listen to or read points of view that are different than yours?

January 20, 2014/in Sharpening Your Personal Leadership Skills/by Tom Doescher

We recently read a book written by an author whose economic positions are diametrically opposite from ours. We read it because there is one aspect to our position that bothers us, and we wanted to find out what he had to say on that point. Although the author didn’t offer a solution we would endorse, […]

Crucial Conversations, Part 3

January 6, 2014/in Sharpening Your Personal Leadership Skills/by Tom Doescher

This is the final installment (read part 1 and part 2) of our key takeaways from a wonderful book entitled Crucial Conversations. Here goes … Am I pretending not to notice my role in the problem? Why would a reasonable, rational, and decent person do this? We should make sure we tell our story as […]

Crucial Conversations, Part 2

December 23, 2013/in Sharpening Your Personal Leadership Skills/by Tom Doescher

This is a continuation of our key takeaways from a wonderful book entitled Crucial Conversations. Here goes … Stay alert for the moment a conversation turns from a routine or harmless discussion into a crucial one. As you anticipate entering a tough conversation, pay heed to the fact that you’re about to enter the danger […]