Be in Charge: A Leadership Manual
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Be in Charge: A Leadership Manual

How to Stay on Top

1st Edition - August 6, 2002

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  • Author: Alexander Margulis
  • eBook ISBN: 9780080488370

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Be in Charge: A Leadership Manual defines what "leadership" is. It includes comprehensive coverage on various types of chiefs (including both business and academic) and discusses gender differences in leadership styles. Also included are terrific tips on how to dress as a leader, budget time efficiently, gain loyalty and respect, terminate employees professionally, recruit qualified people, treat adversity in the workplace, survive and enjoy retirement, and much more.

Key Features

  • A Foreword by Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE, comments on the author's leadership expertise
  • Original cartoon artwork enriches the text as well as entertains the reader
  • Contains advice for women on how to break through "the glass ceiling" to become executives
  • Includes information on the differences between business and academic chiefs
  • Gives practical tips on how to dress as a leader, budget time efficiently, gain loyalty and respect, terminate employees professionally, recruit qualified people, treat adversity in the workplace, survive and enjoy retirement, and much more

Readership

Anyone wanting to build strong leadership skills, especially professionals in corporate, scientific and academic environments

Table of Contents

  • What is leadership?
    The various types of chiefs
    Gender differences: Equal but. . .
    Starting: The entrance speech
    Differences between business and academic chiefs
    How to dress when you start
    How to dress once you are established
    How to use your office as a theater of operations
    How to budget your time
    Gaining respect
    Gaining loyalty
    How to treat close associates
    How to treat equals
    How to treat subordinates
    Treating adversity
    How to recruit and promote talent
    How to let your associates go
    Entertaining
    Having a new chief
    Recruiting
    Promotion to the next step of chief
    How to survive away from the job
    Saying Goodbye
    Epilogue: Surviving and enjoying retirement
    References
    Leaders interviewed
    Index

Product details

  • No. of pages: 144
  • Language: English
  • Copyright: © Academic Press 2002
  • Published: August 6, 2002
  • Imprint: Academic Press
  • eBook ISBN: 9780080488370

About the Author

Alexander Margulis

Affiliations and Expertise

Cornell University, New York, NY, U.S.A.

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