The book is fundamentally about saying, hay, you got to choose your moments. But then you have to be willing to take on some risk, and you have to do the work to increase your competency. It depends if y talking about how to be most popular or get ahead to morrow, well, stick in your neck. Oit's not always the best approach.
Jim Detert discusses how to build your courage to stand out and influence.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why acting courageously is easier than you think
2) The four fears that keep us from acting courageously
3) The most effective way to get others to listen to you
Jim Detert (PhD, Harvard) is the John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Detert's research focuses on employee voice and other forms of workplace courage, experiential leadership development, and ethical decision-making and behavior. His research has won several academic best-paper awards, and his teaching and curriculum development have also won multiple awards at UVA and Cornell.