Introduction The Biggest First in Your Professional Career
1. Flip Your Script So You Won’t Flop as a Boss
2. Flip Your Mindset
3. Flip Your Skill Set
4. Flip Your Relationships
5. Flip Your “Do-It-All” Attitude
6. Flip Your Perspective
7. Flip Your Focus
8. Stick with Your Flipped Script
Taking the First Step
Notes
About the Research
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
About the Center for Creative Leadership
About the Maximizing Your Leadership Potential Program
William A. (Bill) Gentry is currently a senior research associate at the Center for Creative Leadership and an adjunct assistant professor in the leadership studies doctoral program at North Carolina A&T State University. He graduated summa cum laude from Emory University and received his MS and PhD in applied psychology (with a concentration in industrial-organizational psychology) from the University of Georgia.
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