The Weight of the Chair (Paperback)
Tim Tipton
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Add to basketSold by Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 12 October 2005
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Add to basketPaperback. Most leadership books sell hope. This one sells the weight.Anyone can be handed a title. Not everyone should be trusted with people. In The Weight of the Chair, cybersecurity executive and U.S. Air Force veteran Tim Tipton Jr. clears away the comfortable myths of the leadership industry and replaces them with something harder and more honest: leadership as the moral and operational responsibility of carrying other people's livelihoods, trust, morale, and growth.Drawn from a career spent on both sides of the chair (from securing cryptographic systems for nuclear operations to leading security teams in the boardroom) this is a direct, lived field guide for people who actually have to carry others, not just manage them.Inside, you'll confront: Why most leadership training evaporates by Monday, and what actually makes it stickThe real difference between a manager's presence (seen) and a leader's (felt)Why promoting your best performer without intentional discussion is so often a quiet act of harmA three-part framework you can actually use: the Mirror (brutal self-honesty), the Torch (candor that is honest and kind at once), and the Ladder (ownership that lifts other people)How to tell whether you should be leading at all, and why stepping aside can be the most honorable thing you doThis is not a motivational book. It will not promise that you can be anything you want. It tells the truth: the chair is heavy because people are sitting in the consequences of your decisions. The only question that matters is whether you have become the kind of person who can carry that weight without crushing the people beneath it.For military and transitioning service members, cybersecurity and technical leaders, new managers who suspect they are performing leadership instead of practicing it, and anyone who has worked under bad leadership and refuses to repeat it. Moving beyond empty motivation, this raw guide redefines authority as a profound moral burden. It challenges you to decide if you possess the strength to shoulder the lives and futures of those you lead. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Most leadership books sell hope. This one sells the weight.
Anyone can be handed a title. Not everyone should be trusted with people. In The Weight of the Chair, cybersecurity executive and U.S. Air Force veteran Tim Tipton Jr. clears away the comfortable myths of the leadership industry and replaces them with something harder and more honest: leadership as the moral and operational responsibility of carrying other people's livelihoods, trust, morale, and growth.
Drawn from a career spent on both sides of the chair (from securing cryptographic systems for nuclear operations to leading security teams in the boardroom) this is a direct, lived field guide for people who actually have to carry others, not just manage them.
Inside, you'll confront:
This is not a motivational book. It will not promise that you can be anything you want. It tells the truth: the chair is heavy because people are sitting in the consequences of your decisions. The only question that matters is whether you have become the kind of person who can carry that weight without crushing the people beneath it.
For military and transitioning service members, cybersecurity and technical leaders, new managers who suspect they are performing leadership instead of practicing it, and anyone who has worked under bad leadership and refuses to repeat it.
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