Leadership Sopranos Style
How to Become a More Effective Boss
Conflicting loyalties. Terminations. A changing culture. New competitive threats. These phrases describe the challenges facing many of today's most successful businesses. They also describe the challenges facing another profitable organization - television's Soprano family.
As the boss of the family, Tony Soprano knows the difficulties of being an effective leader in an environment of change, complexity, and crisis. He has experienced the struggle to find and keep talent. And as for loyalty - fuhgetaboutit! When it comes to business, you need more than loyalty if you're gonna avoid swimming with the fishes.
Author Debbie Himsel has been exposed to virtually every leadership theory and development methodology. In Leadership Sopranos Style, she makes a clear case that Tony Soprano's management style brilliantly illuminates a new set of leadership principles, and that "underbosses" around the world can learn a great deal from Tony, flaws and all. Himsel uses Tony as a catalyst for understanding the leadership tools and techniques that are necessary to "whack" the competition and win in business.
Deborrah Himsel is the author of Leadership Sopranos Style. She is Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness at Avon Products. Her responsibilities include leadership development, succession planning, recruiting and performance management programs. She has practised and taught leadership theory and development methodology for nearly twenty years. Himsel's previous experience includes serving as Vice President of Human Resources for Banker's Trust and Co. and Director of Strategic Training and Development for Pfizer, Inc. She is also a regular contributor to various business and trade publications.