Don't Kill the Bosses! Escaping the Hierarchy Trap

Don't Kill the Bosses! is not about killing bosses per se; it's about fixing companies by killing the idea of boss-dominated relationships. The book takes you to the core of boss/subordinate relationships to point out what's systematically flawed and needs correcting: Subordinates spin the truth for consumption above while bosses fail to establish the conditions required for subordinates to tell it to them straight. Don't Kill the Bosses! is quick to identify the "culprit" as one-sided accountability, and labels the consequences as institutional corruption and resource wasting. Don't Kill the Bosses! provides an alternative model. It details the system changes required for the type of candid, equal footing relationships that allow hierarchy to work productively.

Samuel A. Culbert is Professor of Management at UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management John Ullmen is the Senior Manager for Organizational Effectiveness at Earthlink