Good Authority. Jonathan Raymond

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      how to become the

      LEADER

      your team is waiting for

      AUTHORITY

      JONATHAN RAYMOND

      Copyright ©2016 by Jonathan Raymond. All rights reserved.

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      The trees, however, were not so lucky.

      The privilege of a lifetime

      is to become who you truly are.

      —C.G. Jung

      CONTENTS

       The Good Authority Manifesto

       Preface: Jon Versus the Volcano

       Introduction: Good Authority

       PART I

Chapter 1: Why Should I Care?

Chapter 2: Borrowed Authority

Chapter 3: The Employee Engagement Fallacy

Chapter 4: From Strength to Growth

       Chapter 5: Sweat the Small Stuff

       PART II

       Chapter 6: A New Agreement

       Chapter 7: The Art of Cultural Listening

       Chapter 8: Accountability, a Love Story

       Chapter 9: Micromanagement Reimagined

       Chapter 10: The Perfect Conversation

       PART III

       Chapter 11: More Yoda, Less Superman

       Chapter 12: Fixer, Fighter, or Friend?

       Chapter 13: The Five Employee Archetypes

       Chapter 14: Pull The Thread

       A Final Thought

       THE GOOD AUTHORITY MANIFESTO

      GOOD AUTHORITY IS…

      1.

      The presence to name the things

      that most people overlook

      2.

      The kindness to speak up today

      instead of waiting until tomorrow

      3.

      The patience to meet each person

      where they are on the journey

      4.

      The generosity to challenge them

      to go a little bit further

      5.

      The fortitude to not accept excuses

      in place of responsibility

      6.

      The curiosity to ask questions that you

      don’t know the answers to

      7.

      The wisdom to resist the comfortable answers

      and hold out for the right ones

      8.

      The willingness to make an unpopular stand

      if it helps one person grow

      9.

      The transparency to share what you feel

      with each member of your team

      10.

      The strength to wait for others to discover

      their own truth for themselves

      11.

      The integrity to never ask someone to live up

      to a standard that you don’t yourself

      12.

      The vulnerability to say what you feel even if

      you think it won’t change anything

      13.

      The audacity to assume that you can change the world

      14.

      And, the humility to be wrong about all of it

      and start