Untenable: A Leader's Guide to Addressing the Big Issues That Are Ignored, Falsely Explained, or Inappropriately Tolerated - Paperback

by Gary Covert (Author)

Untenable helps identify untenable situations, describes the barriers to addressing them, and suggests novel ways to approach them.

Even the best of us can find ourselves enduring situations that are negative and unsustainable. Too often, we ignore the situation or just make incremental moves. The boiling frog considers installing a ceiling fan. The deck chairs are arranged on the Titanic.

High-performing people can boost their own performance even further by developing their skills to identify and remove their untenable situations. Untenable situations at best sap our creativity, vitality, and energy, at worst; they can be serious threats to our well-being or health of our organizations. Untenable helps identify untenable situations, describes the barriers to addressing them, and suggests novel ways to approach them. This book is perfect for leaders who would like to be even more effective, see that effectiveness cascade into better organizational results, and would like to see their businesses grow. The author describes what untenable situations are, what they look like for leaders and organizations, and why we do not address them appropriately.

The book contains useful and practical insights for leaders to help coach themselves and others to identify their untenable situations, remove barriers that may be preventing those situations from being addressed, and prevent untenable situations from occurring in the first place.

Author Biography

Gary Covert, top executive coach and executive advisor, has worked with key leaders in some of the most admired companies around. The leaders who work with Gary regularly report improvements in profits, accelerated drive for results, and higher-functioning teams, as well as significant growth in individual and leadership effectiveness. Clients work in a diverse range of industries, including technology, global hospitality, eye health, restaurants and hospitality, health care, financial services, construction, defense, and energy. Gary specializes in helping leaders reach their potential and boost their effectiveness. Any fool can be busy. Gary helps leaders build on their strengths to get more productive and have more fun doing it.