Toxic Leaders: When Organizations Go Bad Book

Drawing upon her extensive experience and research in various types of organizations--business, political, even religious organizations--Dr. Whicker looks closely at three distinct types of leaders which she categorizes as trustworthy, transitional and toxic leaders. In a clear and readable style she describes leadership subtypes for transitional and toxic types: the absentee leaders, the busybodies, controllers, enforcers, streetfighters, and the bullies, all of whom are dangerous to their organizations and are directly responsible in many cases for an organization's decline. Whicker makes clear, however, that there are ways to protect oneself from such leaders, and shows exactly what these strategies are. A compelling, anecdotal, authoritative analysis for anyone in any organization who has ever wondered "why did the boss do that -- and why to me?"Read More