Leadership Blindspots: How Successful Leaders Identify and Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter

238 Pages·2014·2.358 MB·English

by  Robert Bruce Shaw

Leadership
BLindspots
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Leadership
BLindspots
how successful Leaders identify
and overcome the Weaknesses
that Matter
RobeRt bRuce Shaw
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shaw, Robert B.
Leadership blindspots : how successful leaders identify and overcome the weaknesses that
matter / Robert B. Shaw. —First edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-118-64629-8 (cloth); ISBN 978-1-118-64622-9 (ebk);
ISBN 978-1-118-64609-0 (ebk)
1. Leadership. I. Title.
HD57.7.S4826 2014
658.4'092—dc23
2014002404
Printed in the United States of America
first edition
HB Printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Contents
IntroductIon ix
SectIon 1: Why BlIndSpotS Matter
chapter 1: the Dangers anD rewarDs of Being BlinD 3
chapter 2: how to spot BlinDspots in Yourself
anD others 17
chapter 3: the Common BlinDspots holDing
leaDers BaCk 35
chapter 4: whY BlinDspots are an ever-present
Challenge 55
SectIon 2: hoW to Surface and overcoMe
BlIndSpotS
chapter 5: see it for Yourself: Customers,
Colleagues, anD outsiDers 71
chapter 6: seek out that whiCh DisConfirms
what You Believe 91
chapter 7: Develop peripheral vision anD see
what others miss 117
chapter 8: BuilD a network of trusteD aDvisors
in CritiCal areas 131
vii
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viii
Contents
chapter 9: promote proDuCtive team fights on
the vital few priorities 145
concluSIon 163
SectIon 3: addItIonal reSourceS
reSource a: BlinDspot Q&a 173
reSource B: leaDership BlinDspot surveY:
self-assessment 177
reSource c: Common leaDership BlinDspots:
feeDBaCk worksheet 183
reSource d: reaDings on leaDership BlinDspots 187
noteS 189
acknoWledgMentS 205
aBout the author 207
Index 209
The Leadership Blindspots Self-Assessment Survey is available online at
www.wiley.com/go/leadershipblindspots.
The survey contains ten questions in each of the four potential blindspot areas
(self, team, company and markets). The results indicate a leader’s likelihood of
having blindspots in each of these four areas and in total.
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