Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For: A Guide for New Leaders [Paperback]

Flip Your Script!

You’ve been promoted to leadership—congratulations! But it’s nothing like your old job, is it? William Gentry says it’s time to flip your script.

We all have mental scripts that tell us how the world works. Your old script was all about “me”: standing out as an individual. But as a new leader, you need to flip your script from “me” to “we” and help the group you lead succeed. In this book, Gentry supports and coaches you to flip your script in six key areas. He offers actionable, practical, evidence-based advice and examples drawn from his research, his work with leaders, and his own failures and triumphs of becoming a new leader. Get started flipping your script and become the kind of boss everyone wants to work for.Introduction The Biggest First in Your Professional Career
1. Flip Your Script So You Won’t Flop as a Boss
2. Flip Your Mindset
3. Flip Your Skill Set
4. Flip Your Relationships
5. Flip Your “Do-It-All” Attitude
6. Flip Your Perspective
7. Flip Your Focus
8. Stick with Your Flipped Script
Taking the First Step
Notes
About the Research
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
About the Center for Creative Leadership
About the Maximizing Your Leadership Potential Program“Instead of learning from one (un)lucky boss at a time, what if you could learn from all of their successes and mistakes at once? That’s what William Gentry offers—a tour through the art, science, and practice of leadership. With delightfully quirky writing and a strong foundation in evidence, this book is as fun to read as it is actionable.”
—Adam Grant, Professor of Psychology, The Wharton School, and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take

“Using a unique combination of research, straight talk, and humor, Gentry brings to light all of the barrlÓ+