Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst ‘Best’ Business Practices of Today Audiobook (Free)

From the writer from the acclaimed publication Fierce Conversations comes the antidote to some of the most wrongheaded practices of business today.

· “Provide anonymous opinions.”

· “Hire intelligent people.”

· “Hold people responsible.”

They are all audio, business practices, best? Not fast, says command visionary and bestselling author Susan Scott. Actually, these mantras – despite getting long-accepted and used by business market leaders almost everywhere – are completely wrongheaded. Worse, these are costing about Brutal Leadership: A Daring Option to the Most severe ‘Greatest’ Business Practices of Today companies vast amounts of dollars, driving away valuable employees and profitable customers, limiting efficiency, and stalling professions. Yet these are so deeply ingrained in organizational ethnicities that nobody has questioned them. As yet.

In Brutal Leadership, Scott teaches us how to spot the worst “best” practices in our organizations utilizing a technique she calls “squid eye”-the ability to see the “tells” or signals that we have fallen prey to disastrous behaviors by knowing what to search for. Only then, she says, can we apply the antidote..

Informed by more than a decade of conversations with Fortune 500 executives, this book can be that antidote. With fierce new methods to everything from employee feedback to corporate diversity to customer relations, Scott presents fresh and amazing alternatives to six of the so-called “greatest” practices permeating today’s businesses. This refreshingly candid reserve is normally a must-read for any manager or leader at any level who is ready to take a long hard look at what difficulty might be lurking in their organization – and do something about it.