Incredible Bosses

"The challenge of managing people for incredible results"
by David Freemantle

published by McGraw-Hill, UK

"This punchy and amusing book is a must for all managers.

"In it David Freemantle explains that two of the key ingredients for achieving long-term success are credibility and integrity in the way you manage.

"Following the downfall of many of the so-called management heroes of the 1980s, this emphasis on integrity will come as a refreshing change for those managers who believe that the only route to success lies in being highly manipulative and devious.

"David Freemantle explores some of the fundamental issues that need to be addressed in order to develop integrity and become an incredibly successful boss."

Chapter headings include:

1. Managerial competence
2. Mutual respect
3. Courage of convictions
4. Emotional management
5. Personality clashes
6. Closed minds
7. Taboos
8. Erosion of integrity
9. Image manipulation
10. Double standards
11. Short-term expediency
12. Information games
13. Hypocrisy
14. Self-starting
15. Resolving conflicts
16. Disbelieving bosses
17. Patronage
18. Sycophancy

Review:
"Undoubtedly his best yet." Paul Southworth, President, Avon Cosmetics