Are you a Badger or a Doormat?: How to be a Leader who gets Results

Are you a Badger or a Doormat? is packed with clear instructions and simple self-coaching processes which will propel you along the path to leadership success. It uses memorable caricatures to show extreme leadership styles, teaching you what behaviour to avoid and what to do more of, in an accessible and amusing way.Throughout the book Rosie Miller, a top international executive coach, gives you advice on the mindsets, habits and working practices that will make you a balanced, proactive leader who gets results. She also draws on the real experiences of 20 hightly successful leaders to give you the practical, real-world guidance you need to upgrade your thinking and your behaviour to become an energetic, focused and visionary leader.
`Shines a powerful light on to the dllemmas leaders struggle with and shows you how to develop as a better leader' Professor Clive Morton, OBE, Middlesex University Business School`Offers new ways of thinking to help you resolve common leadership dllemmas and adopt habits that will get you results.' Padraig McManus, Chief Executive, ESB`There are numerous books on leadership but few that are as engaging, straightforward and practical as this.' Alistair Schofield, MD, Extensor Ltd.Are you a badger or a doormat? This may sound like a strange question to ask a leader, but these two caricatures encapsulate the behaviour of leaders who struggle with focusing their time effectively. A `Badger Boss' is busy doing their own thing and is never seen by their team from dawn to dusk; a `Doormat Boss' never gets anything done because they are constantly at the beck and call of other people.Memorable caricatures are used throughtout the book to show extreme leadership styles and help you recognise which behaviours to avoid and which to put into practice more often. Rosie Miller's engaging, easy-to-read book is full of serious advice on how to avoid these extremes and how to be a balanced, focused leader who gets results.Are you a Badger or a Doormat? is packed with clear instructions and simple self-coaching processes which will propet you along the path to leadership success it uses memorable caricatures to show exteme leadership styles in an accessible and amusing way, and reveals the leadership habits that get results.Throughout the book Rosie Miller, a top international executive coach, gives you advice on the mindsets, habits and working practices that will make you a balanced, proactive leader who gets results. She also draws on the real experiences of 20 highly successful leaders to give you the practical, real world guidance you need to upgrade your thinking and your everyday behaviour to become an energetic, focused and inspiring leader
Good leaders think and behave differently from good managers. Find out how to upgrade your thinking habits and how to lead with more impact.Lots of diagnostics and self-coaching questions to help you assess what kind of leader you are now and how best to get to where you want to be Gives you the combined experience of an executive coach and 20 top leaders from a wide range of different contexts Very appealing and attractive style with lots of checklists, summaries, cartoons and illustrations