The Ringleader’s Handbook
The Ringleader’s Handbook: A Masterclass in Workplace Dysfunction Every organisation has systems, processes and capable people. A truly accomplished leader, however, knows better than to let any of them function without personal interference. The real objective is to make yourself so central to every decision, conversation, approval, disagreement and minor crisis that the workplace gradually stops functioning as an organisation and starts functioning as an extension of your personality. If people spend more time trying to understand your mood than understanding their work, you are making excellent progress. If a simple decision requires three phone calls, two permissions and a careful assessment of whether today is a good day to approach you, even better. The finest leaders of this school do not merely manage work. They manage information, expressions, conversations, loyalties, friendships, opinions and, wherever possible, reality itself. For those aspiring to this distinguishe...