Flying Over the Pigpen: Tried and True Leadership Lessons from Growing Up on a Farm - Softcover

Tieman, Doug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0757318606 ISBN 13: 9780757318603

Publisher: Health Communications, 2015

Synopsis

Growing up on a pork farm, it seemed unlikely that Doug Tieman would reach his goal of becoming a CEO by the time he was 40, but he did. By applying the lessons that he shares in this book and by working hard, he succeeded.

After 25 years of working in the addictions field, Tieman entered his own personal recovery. That experience gave him an even greater understanding of the stories he had heard from others in recovery who shared what they went through and the efforts they made to pursue a life of abstinence. He also realized that lessons that apply to life, career achievement and recovery aren't all that different from one another. 

Tieman believes that one of the issues many people face is an inability to conceptualize and take methodical steps towards actualizing career goals. He also believes that if more people in recovery could do that, it would bring them to a new level of success that ultimately might benefit the entire addictions field. And that's exactly what this book succeeds in doing for its readers.

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Review

"Too many of today's management books are used to espouse the 'latest and greatest' buzz words of management. The one sentiment that is rarely expressed and perhaps completely forgotten is a simple 'Thank you!' With Flying Over the Pig Pen, we are invited along on a very personal journey that reflects the author's great appreciation for all of the people and life lessons that have allowed him to be successful. He skips the buzzwords and speaks directly from his heart. It is wonderfully refreshing!"

-Tom Moran
Chairman and CEO, Mutual of America

"From farm boy, to turning around an organization on the brink of financial troubles, to successfully leading a world-class organization, Tieman offers a high level perspective on establishing a meaningful career. His detailed focus on accountability, high standards, positive and decisive leadership and a passionate approach, offers concrete lessons that help focus the mind on how to achieve successful and regularly improving outcomes. This highly readable book brings us deep inside a values-driven thinking process and thoughtful analysis that comfortably enlightens us on how to achieve long-term sustainable success for ourselves and the people in our organizations, while benefiting the greater good."

-Ed Satell
Founder and CEO, Progressive Business Publications

"Great leaders know that they cannot do it alone. A critical component of leadership is not only doing your best, but also bringing out the best in others through open, honest communication and collaboration.

"Doug Tieman's inspiring life story and decades of successful service in the non-profit sector provide all of us with valuable lessons and tools to make ourselves, and those around us, the best that we can be. By bringing out the best in their teams, leaders bring out the best in themselves. The exponential impact of this collaboration emboldens leaders to 'promise the moon and deliver'!"

--Daniel Hilferty
President and CEO
Independence Blue Cross

"Doug Tieman's record of leadership at the helm of the Richard Caron Foundation is impressive; how wonderful that he has compiled this amusing and useful 'down home' primer."

-D.A. Donahue
Partner, financial services firm

About the Author

Doug Tieman is the President and CEO of Caron Treatment Centers, a nationally recognized non-profit provider of alcohol and drug addiction treatment. With nearly 60 years in the field, Caron is one of the oldest and largest drug and alcohol addiction treatment centers offering primary, relapse and longer-term treatment for adolescents, young adults, adults and seniors, as well as families affected by the disease of addiction. Under Mr. Tieman's direction, Caron continues to pioneer advancements in addiction treatment, sponsor research, and participate in national conferences on treatment and recovery. He also established treatment facilities in Boca Raton, Florida, and Dallas, Texas, along with regional offices in Atlanta, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Since Mr. Tieman joined Caron in 1995, its revenue has grown more than ten-fold, which affords Caron the ability to offer millions of dollars in treatment scholarships to families. All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Caron's scholarship fund.

Edition details

• Publisher: Health Communications
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0757318606
• ISBN 13: 9780757318603
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240