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Preventing Derailment: What To Do Before It's Too Late
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Preventing Derailment: What To Do Before It's Too Late

by Michael Lombardo, Robert Eichinger
January 1989
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
48 pages
1h 27m
English
Center for Creative Leadership
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The Process of Derailment

With the exception of unforgivable sins—dishonesty or breaches of integrity—derailment patterns play out over time. Standards of excellence change as managers who were first rewarded for standout individual contributions are later expected to orchestrate a network, team build, and see that things are done rather than do many tasks alone.

Why Managers Derail

1.  Difficulty in molding a staff:

•  slapdash selection, cronyism, or choosing staff in one’s own image;

•  being dictatorial with subordinates;

•  not resolving conflict among subordinates;

•  being a poor delegator.

2.  Difficulty in making strategic transitions. This becomes particularly apparent when entering the executive culture or switching to an unknown area ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780912879369