Memoirs of a Recovering Autocrat

Revealing Insights for Managing the Autocrat in All of Us

By: Richard Hallstein

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Hardcover | 7 March 1995

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We all want to be in control-of our jobs, our relationships, our lives. However, the autocratic behaviors stemming from our desire for control are proving less and less effective in today's more participative organizational cultures.

In Memoirs of a Recovering Autocrat, Richard Hallstein speaks to all of us. Through revealing anecdotes and personal examples, he helps us see the many ways in which we manifest our constant struggle for control and thereby make our work and our lives more difficult for ourselves and those around us. And he offers practical help for learning more participative styles of managing and living a more joyous and satisfying life, both personal and professional.

Written with an intimacy rare in business books, the twenty-one vignettes in this enlightening and entertaining confession evoke twinges of recognition in all of us. Through Richard Hallstein's experiences, we recognize our own autocratic behaviors-encouraging competition instead of collaboration; demanding perfection from ourselves and others; hanging on to power instead of sharing it; even surrounding ourselves with people just like ourselves in order to avoid conflict. His prescription for overcoming the autocrat within us not only creates new possibilities for getting a job done, but releases us from having to know everything, do everything, and control everything.

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Non-Fiction Warfare & Defence Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Biographies & True Stories Biographies Business & Management Management & Management Techniques Leadership & Motivation for Management

Relief from Being in Charge All of the Time	p. 1
Once Begun, the Journey Never Ends	p. 5
A Power Greater Than Myself	p. 11
The Case for Incompetence	p. 17
Casting Light on Our Dark Side	p. 23
Struggles With Self-Importance	p. 31
The Courage for Necessary Messes	p. 39
A Bias for No Action	p. 45
Nourishing the Spirit	p. 51
The Addictions That Drive Us	p. 57
On Being Enlightened But Not Evolved	p. 63
Using the Gift of Power	p. 69
Putting People to the Test	p. 75
Information as an Ally	p. 83
The Tao of Homogeneity	p. 89
Eliminating Soul Pollution	p. 95
Trained for Show	p. 103
The Big Wheel Syndrome	p. 109
The Propensity to Be "Dead Serious"	p. 115
Competition Versus Collaboration	p. 123
The Problem With the Bootstrap Theory	p. 131
Autocrats Anonymous	p. 139
Index	p. 145
The Author	p. 155
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