Recipes for Leadership

This book explores leadership issues in a no-nonsense way, intertwining organizational, management, humanistic, and knowledge management theories. The book provides insight into the importance of strong and effective leadership in our constantly changing global environment. This book uses the kitchen with recipes as an analogy for the constantly changing global environment. Have you ever had a manager that micromanaged every situation? Have you felt stifled from your own creativity and strengths because you were limited by your manager? Now, considering your own leadership position, are you trying to lead your team in a different way? Do you have concerns that maybe you will fall into the same micromanagement trap? Micromanagement and bad leadership can stem from fear, arrogance and anxiety. Do you fear that the outcome will not be the desired outcome? Are you arrogantly thinking that you could possibly do the job better? Are you anxious because leading a business is extremely stressful? If you have ever experienced any of these feelings, felt the pressures from poor leadership, been stifled by micromanagement, or are concerned you may fall into these traps this book is for you.