{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-recovering-autocrat-isbn-9781881052357","title":"Memoirs of a Recovering Autocrat","description":"Reveals how to immediately improve profits with over 100 innovative profit building ideas\u003cbr\u003e We all want to be in control-of our jobs, our relationships, our lives. However, the autocratic behaviors stemming from our desire for control are proving less and less effective in today's more participative organizational cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Memoirs of a Recovering Autocrat, Richard Hallstein speaks to all of us. Through revealing anecdotes and personal examples, he helps us see the many ways in which we manifest our constant struggle for control and thereby make our work and our lives more difficult for ourselves and those around us. And he offers practical help for learning more participative styles of managing and living a more joyous and satisfying life, both personal and professional.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written with an intimacy rare in business books, the twenty-one vignettes in this enlightening and entertaining confession evoke twinges of recognition in all of us. Through Richard Hallstein's experiences, we recognize our own autocratic behaviors-encouraging competition instead of collaboration; demanding perfection from ourselves and others; hanging on to power instead of sharing it; even surrounding ourselves with people just like ourselves in order to avoid conflict. His prescription for overcoming the autocrat within us not only creates new possibilities for getting a job done, but releases us from having to know everything, do everything, and control everything.Introduction: Relief From Being in Charge All of the Time\u003cbr\u003e Once Begun, the Journey Never Ends \u003cbr\u003e A Power Greater Than Myself \u003cbr\u003e The Case for Incompetence \u003cbr\u003e Casting Light on Our Dark Side \u003cbr\u003e Struggles with Self-Importance \u003cbr\u003e The Courage for Necessary Messes \u003cbr\u003e A Bias for No Action \u003cbr\u003e Nourishing the Spirit \u003cbr\u003e The Addictions That Drive Us \u003cbr\u003e On Being Enlightened but Not Evolved \u003cbr\u003e Using the Gift of Power \u003cbr\u003e Putting People to the Test \u003cbr\u003e Information as an Ally \u003cbr\u003e The Tao of Homogeneity \u003cbr\u003e Eliminating Soul Pollution \u003cbr\u003e Trained for Show \u003cbr\u003e The Big Wheel Syndrome \u003cbr\u003e The Propensity to be \"Dead Serious\" \u003cbr\u003e Competition versus Collaboration \u003cbr\u003e The Problem with the Bootstrap Theory \u003cbr\u003e Autocrats AnonymousRichard W. Hallstein is CEO of McLagan International, a management consulting and training firm. His previous career included 23 years' experience as a senior executive in line management, strategic planning, and human resources. He is the author of Memoirs of a Recovering Autocrat.","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304355385573,"sku":"NP9781881052357","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781881052357.jpg?v=1767732538","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-recovering-autocrat-isbn-9781881052357","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}