Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For
A Guide for New Leaders
by William A. Gentry
Recommended by Brené Brown and Brene Brown
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Leadership, and Business.
Becoming a leader for the first time is one of the biggest and most stressful psychological and emotional shifts you will ever experience. You're suddenly given an important job that has almost nothing in common with what you've been trained to do. It's as though, at the age of sixteen, your parents said You ride a bike so well you might as well ta...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Leadership, and Business.
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Brene Brown
“Using a unique combination of research, straight talk, and humor, Gentry brings to light all of the barriers that keep new leaders from succeeding (including the ones we don?t talk about) and offers clearcut, actionable strategies to face those barriers headon to become ?the boss everyone wants to work for.? It?s clear that Gentry has a deep understanding of what it takes to develop strong leaders. This has become required reading in my organization. | Using a unique combination of research, straight talk, and humor, Gentry brings to light all of the barriers that keep new leaders from succeeding (including the ones we don’t talk about) and offers clearcut, actionable strategies to face those barriers headon to become “the boss everyone wants to work for.” It’s clear that Gentry has a deep understanding of what it takes to develop strong leaders. This has become required reading in my organization.”
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