Are you a Badger or a Doormat
08 Sept 09

How to be a Leader who gets Results

Are you a badger or a doormat? This may sound like a strange question to ask a leader, but these two caricatures encapsulate the behaviour of leaders who struggle with focusing their time effectively.

Rosie Miller’s engaging, easy-to-read book is full of serious advice on how to avoid extremes of behaviour and become a balanced, focused leader who gets results. Alongside 20 of the worlds top business leaders, Miller provides clear strategies that any business leader can put into practice to find the way to success.

Miller looks at the five core skills which make an effective leader and characterises the polar extremes of each. Through this she shows the benefits as well as the negatives of each, highlighting the consequences of the depicted behaviour. Readers can assess where they fit between the ends of each continuum, through the ‘diagnostic’ sections within each chapter. This provides a model for the reader to learn from and build on. Successful leadership is more of an art than a science - every circumstance is different and the perfect balance needs to be found.

Are You a Badger or a Doormat delivers guidance in an accessible style, complimented with eye catching illustrations and caricatures. Each chapter is broken down into clear sections and includes diagnostics and case studies. Miller presents the experience of 20 real leaders from companies such as Cable & Wireless, Rolls-Royce and Shell, who have put tools and techniques from the book into practice, in a range of contexts – and benefited from the results.

With practical and direct guidance, Miller shows readers how to upgrade their thinking and behaviour to become energetic, focused and visionary leaders.

	Are you a Badger or a Doormat?
	Author	Rosie Miller
	Pub Date	27 Aug 2009
	Price	£14.99
	Publisher	Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
	ISBN10	0273724495
	ISBN13	9780273724490
		Find out more or purchase Are you a Badger or a Doormat? at Pearson Books.

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