TY - BOOK AU - Janove,Jathan TI - Managing to stay out of court: how to avoid the 8 deadly sins of mismanagement SN - 1576753182 (pbk.) : AV - HD6971 .J36 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - San Francisco PB - Berrett-Koehler Publishers KW - Industrial relations KW - Management KW - Leadership N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index; The first sin : managing like a beginning skier -- The first virtue : weight forward on skis -- The second sin : dissin' your employees -- The second virtue : d-i-s'ng your employees -- The third sin : rationalizing away truth -- The third virtue : making honesty the only policy -- The fourth sin : misguided benevolence -- The fourth virtue : E-R-A : expectations, responsibility, and accountability -- The fifth sin : falling into the inconsistency trap -- The fifth virtue : ducks in a row -- The sixth sin : letting employees speculate -- The sixth virtue : open information channels -- The seventh sin : listening through your "I" -- The seventh virtue : listening through your ears -- The eighth sin : front-of-the-nose perspective -- The eighth virtue : the big picture -- Moving from sin to virtue ER -