Good People, Bad Managers

Samuel A. Culbert is an award winning author, researcher, and professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management. His laboratory is the world of work where he puts conventional managerial assumptions under a microscope to uncover and replace dysfunctional practices. Widely recognized as a candid speaking expert and theoretician, he is author most recently of Get Rid of the Performance Review and Beyond Bullsh*t. SmartMoney Magazine named Beyond Bullsh*t to its 2008 list of ten top reads. Dr. Culbert is winner of a McKinsey Award for an article published in the Harvard Business Review, is a frequent contributor to management journals, and has authored numerous chapters in leading management books. His other authored and co-authored books include The Organization Trap, The Invisible War: The Pursuit of Self-Interests at Work, Radical Management, Mind-Set Management, and Don't Kill the Bosses!.

Foreword by Henry Dubroff

PART I: What's Going On?
Chapter 1 Time to Face It: Bad Management is the Norm
Chapter 2 Doublethink: How Managers Convince Themselves Bad Behavior is Good Managing
Chapter 3 What People Skills Do Managers (Actually) Acquire?

PART II: Is Bad Management Here to Stay?
Chapter 4 Why Managers Feel So Very Vulnerable
Chapter 5 How Managers Self-Protect
Chapter 6 What Prevents Good Management

PART III: What Can Be Done?
Chapter 7 Overcoming Cultural Resistance to Good Management
Chapter 8 Getting Company Supports for Good Management
Chapter 9 Consciousness-Raising to Promote Other-Directedness in Management