Leadership Style, Toxic Leadership, Micromanaging, and Culture ^{2nd Ed.}

This book's expanded edition includes two new topics, communication and co-worker relationships, making it even better for beginners and those seeking general knowledge. It examines leadership from many different aspects. It analyzes leadership styles, toxic leaders, micromanaging leaders, and the roles leaders play in organizational culture. It explores the thinking behind leaders' choices and the effects those choices have on workplaces while suggesting ways to prevent negative leadership from occurring. It also discusses communication in organizations and the relationships formed by the workers within them.

• Leadership Style
• Introduction
• Types
• Authoritarian
• Democratic
• Laissez-faire
• Paternalistic
• Transactional
• Transformational
• Future
• Authoritarian
• Democratic
• Laissez-faire
• Paternalistic
• Transactional
• Transformational
• Summary
• Toxic Leadership
• Introduction
• Characteristics
• Autocratic
• Unlikeable
• Untrustable
• Arrogant
• Competitive
• Micromanagers
• Bullies
• Inflexible
• Insecure
• Narcissistic
• Discriminatory
• Condescending
• Tools
• Power
• Games
• Discipline
• Status
• Structure
• Effects
• Trust
• Turnover
• Commitment
• Motivation
• Fear
• Stress
• Surviving
• Control
• Patience
• Collaboration
• Summary
• Micromanagement
• Introduction
• Focused
• Decision-oriented
• Self-absorbed
• Causes
• Justifiable micromanagement
• Unjustifiable micromanagement
• Insecurity
• Change
• Loss of control
• Loss of connection
• Lack of experience
• Lack of competence
• Lack of trust
• Inability to delegate
• Loss of recognition
• Effects
• Productivity
• Motivation
• Empowerment
• Turnover
• Potential
• Creativity
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Workload
• Surviving
• Observe
• Learn
• Achieve
• Adhere
• Inform
• Promote
• Preventing
• Hire effectively
• Communicate expectations
• Encourage collaboration
• Accept mistakes
• Summary
• Organizational Culture
• Introduction to culture
• Relationship of culture
• Decision making
• Communication
• Commitment
• Values
• Management style
• Changing culture
• Start at the top
• Explain the change
• Communicate throughout
• Reward achievements
• Summary
• Communication
• Introduction
• Types
• Formal
• Informal
• Grapevine
• Direction
• Top-to-bottom
• Bottom-up
• Horizontal
• Combination
• Methods
• Non-verbal
• Verbal
• Written
• Challenges
• Information overload
• Ethics
• Standardizing
• Diversity
• Improving
• Eliminate channels
• Encourage feedback
• Clarify wording
• Avoid unnecessary change
• Future
• Summary
• Co-Worker Relationships
• Introduction
• Openness to experience
• Conscientiousness
• Extraversion
• Agreeableness
• Neuroticism
• Strategy
• Apply Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Keep discussions confidential
• Monitor written words
• Listen actively
• Proceed with caution on social media
• Use common courtesy
• Summary

When I started reading this book I was a bit disappointed, as it didn't live up to its own hype. But after realizing that it was in fact an excellent primer for the subjects that they cover (see title and subtitle).

It is very simplistic, but it gives a good overview of the absolute basics, even though their recommendations on how to handle the subjects, are so naive that they are in practice useless.

Read for what it is, an OK first introduction book.