Leadership Failures

<p>Humans make mistakes. Many of us lose career ascendency or risk destroying our institutions by doubling down on or ignoring outcomes of our own poor decisions.</p><p>Good leaders learn and teach from their errors. Professions are strengthened. Institutions thrive. Careers grow.</p><p>Through real-life stories that focus on senior/board leadership from multiple walks of life and brief discussions of significant attributes readers will be challenged to diagnose and turn missteps into positive growth experiences.</p><p>The authors of this book have had extensive careers in public and private for-profit and not-for-profit settings and in independent and government-sponsored consulting development academic and clinical environments. Without having any single leadership paradigm to push they raise questions about outcomes for institutions that are affected and individual career paths.</p><p>Their cautionary tales ask readers to think through next steps or prevent the need to get there; hence this is an ideal extra-assignment book in graduate management courses and for managers seeking to work their way up toward higher leadership roles. Board members also can learn from its non-industry-specific target readership.</p>