When leadership fails : individual, group and organizational lessons from the worst workplace experiences

Table of contents: Chapter 1. Monsters, Inc.: Toxic Leadership and Engagement Chapter 2. Investing the Time to Lead Well Chapter 3. Front Porch Organizations, Back Door Employees: How Mentoring Mishaps Potentially Derail Next Generation Leaders Chapter 4. Toxic Followership: Leader Deception and Breach of Trust Chapter 5. Death by Authoritative Leadership and Micro-Management Chapter 6. Campus in Crisis: Leadership Lessons Learned; Cheryl Patton Chapter 7. Ethics, Leadership and the Dreaded Performance Appraisal Chapter 8. Autocratic Leadership among Managers and Its Impact on Salesperson's Behavior in India's Pharmaceutical Industry Chapter 9. Leadership Failure in a Hostile Environment: The Importance of Leading Oneself Chapter10. Toxic Leadership: A Quick Erosion of Psychological Safety Chapter11. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: How a Narcissistic Leader Decimated a Faith-Based Nonprofit Chapter 12. When Founder's Syndrome is Used for Personal Gain Chapter 13. How to Destroy a Research & Development Group without Really Trying Chapter 14. When Leading the Team Goes Wrong Chapter 15. No Rest in the Restroom: Servant Leadership and Conflict in Products &Marketing Chapter 16. The Demise of a Company: An Insider's Personal and Scholarly Reflection Chapter 17. Incompetent Authoritarian Replaces a Servant Leader

When Leadership Fails is a multidisciplinary resource for researchers and practitioners. As a curated selection of unique, scholar-practitioner reflections from around the world, this collection highlights both the universal impact of leaders behaving badly and the communal triumph that emerges from deconstructing these experiences in aggregate. In addition to expert insight into these leadership and organizational challenges, readers benefit from the application of empirical and theoretical research for analysis and interpretation. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the individual, group and organizational implications of negative leadership encounters in the workplace. Readers will find value in the immediate application of these lessons to their own careers and organizations.