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Below is the Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Foundation Blocks

  1. PD + HW + E + GL = S
  2. Good Lesson Affirmation
  3. Good Lesson Perspectives: Building Upon the Good Lesson Affirmation
  4. Become a Good Leader by Recognizing Bad Ones
  5. Bad Leader as Thief
  6. Internal Constraint vs. External Restraint
  7. Evaluating the Leader as Bad: The Good Way to Do It
  8. Seven Questions
  9. Trending To or From GRACE
  10. Capitalize on Your GRACE to Overcome your Lack of Experience
  11. Transparency: Distinguishing the Good from the Bad
  12. Reactive Protection
  13. Bad Bus Driver: Revisiting the Good to Great Bus Metaphor
  14. Defining a Lesson
  15. Defining a “Good” Lesson
  16. Defining a “Bad” Leader
  17. What Makes a Bad Leader Bad?
  18. Looking Beyond the Good Leader to the Great/ Exceptional Leader
  19. Current Reality
  20. AMAP with ALRAP—ASAP
  21. Learning to See the Good Lesson
  22. Issues of Inability, Willingness, and Refusal
  23. Asking the Question
  24. Incompetency Abounds
  25. Summary Statement
  26. So, What Are You Going to Do?
  27. Recommendations to Extract Value

Chapter 2 Good Lessons: Inability

  1. Inability to Tell The Whole Truth
  2. Inability to Create and Maintain a Spirit of Fair Exchange
  3. Inability to Take Courage
  4. Inability to Springboard from NOORTS
  5. Inability to Share in the Meaningful Achievements of Others
  6. Inability to Use Brakes and Accelerator Properly
  7. Inability to Avow or Engage Approachability
  8. Inability to Deploy Ice Cream
  9. Inability to Model Loyalty and Ride for the Brand
  10. Inability to Let People Off the Hook Strategically
  11. Inability to Read Between the Lines Effectively
  12. Inability to Use Talented Personnel Wisely
  13. Inability to Promote Unity and Diversity
  14. Inability to Connect Organizational and Personal Benefits
  15. Inability to Leverage Teaching Moments

Chapter 3 Good Lessons: Willingness

16.  Willingness to Tolerate Inconsistency
17.  Willingness to Enable Covetousness
18.  Willingness to Impoverish
19.  Willingness to Bail Out and Abandon
20.  Willingness to Provoke Purposefully
21.  Willingness to Overcommit
22.  Willingness to Manage Problems Rather Than Solve Them
23.  Willingness to Use Competing Messages
24.  Willingness to Strike Back
25.  Willingness to Prevent Consensus-Created Inactivity
26.  Willingness to Tolerate Organizational Imbalance
27.  Willingness to Extend Earned Privilege to Abuse of Privilege

Chapter 4 Good Lessons: Refusal

28.  Refusal to Take Responsibility for Financial Failure
29.  Refusal to Articulate a Clear Direction and a Compelling Vision
30.  Refusal to Admit Bias
31.  Refusal to Use a Reverse Gear
32.  Refusal to Loaf Creatively
33.  Refusal to Acknowledge Role in Success and Failure
34.  Refusal to Take Responsibility for Organizational Culture
35.  Refusal to Provide Covering Fire
36.  Refusal to Engage Steadfastly Performance Evaluations

Chapter 5 Judging Wisely: Setting Yourself Apart

Final Lessons: Passion and Covenant for Good and Bad Leaders

Conclusion