Pick Up Your Own Brass: Leadership the FBI Way

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Potomac Books, Inc., 2011 - Business & Economics - 191 pages
In FBI terms, leaders who pick up their own brass casings at the firing range are more effective than those who expect someone else to do it for them. To those at the bureau, this small action speaks louder than words and is largely indicative of a person's overall management style. Through a host of real-life FBI stories, from the streets to the corner offices, Pick Up Your Own Brass: Leadership the FBI Way reveals the leadership qualities that have enabled the bureau to successfully navigate through a century of war, espionage, organized crime, terrorism, fraud, and corruption. Offering fifty essential leadership lessons based on challenges that FBI officials have faced over the course of their careers, this book can help anyone--established leaders, aspiring leaders, minority leaders, and even "accidental executives" who find themselves managing more than they imagined--build a culture of leadership.
 

Contents

Defend Your Team
Your Own Worst Enemy
Respect the BossRegardless
The False Sense of Entitlement
The Root of Nearly Every Problem
When the Pursuit of Perfection Impedes Progress
Too Tight on the Reins
PROMOTION OBSESSION

The Big Mirror
Everyone Is the Face of Your Organization
Thats Why You Hired
We Can Do This
Leadership on the
The Action Imperative
Taking Risks
PEOPLE MATTER
Its Not About
Help I Need Somebody
It Is Your Business
The Boss Is Not Always Right
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Am I in the Package?
Off to a Bad Start
Its Not About
Grandstands Are for the Circus
Living Beyond Your Shadow
WHAT REALLY COUNTS
The Accidental Leader
What Happened to All My Friends?
Saying Thanks
Not Everyone Is Going to Like
The Culture Club
Leaders of Leaders
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