Leadership Blindspots (ePub)

Good leaders become great by skillfully managing their own
vulnerabilities

Leadership Blindspots: How Successful Leaders Identify and
Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter is a comprehensive guide to
recognizing and acting on the weak points that can impair
effectiveness, diminish results, and harm a career. Written by a
30-year veteran of the leadership consulting industry and author of
Trust in the Balance, the book contains examples, worksheets
and surveys that illustrate the practical application of the advice
presented. An online questionnaire helps readers discover their own
leadership vulnerabilities, and the book provides a roadmap for
creating a targeted plan to increase their awareness in the areas
that truly matter.

The blindspot risk is that leaders fail to respond to weaknesses
or threats due to a variety of factors including the complexity of
their organizations, over-confidence in their own capabilities, and
being surrounded by deferential subordinates. Leadership
Blindspots provides a useful model for understanding how
blindspots operate and why they persist, but at the same time
suggests real, actionable steps to improvement. The book details a
range of techniques that make blindspots stand out in sharp relief,
so action can be taken before severe damage occurs - to a
leader or his or her company. Topics include:

* A framework to understand the threats posed by blindspots

* The four most important types of blindspots - self, team,
company and markets

* Detailed case studies of blindspots in leaders across a variety
of industries

* A summary of the most common leadership blindspots

* Corrective practices that help mitigate the risks that
blindspots pose

The one characteristic great leaders share is the constant
desire for self-improvement. Good can always be better. These
weaknesses and threats are called blindspots because they are
invisible to the individual but have the potential to wreak havoc
on one's reputation and long-term success. Identifying and fixing
crucial problems is the leader's job, and sometimes the most
debilitating problems are with the leaders themselves.
Leadership Blindspots: How Successful Leaders Identify and
Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter is the first step toward
owning and addressing one's vulnerabilities and, as a result,
becoming a more effective leader.