1st Edition
Intelligent Disobedience The Difference between Good and Great Leaders
Dedication, Acknowledgements, List of Figures and Tables, Introduction, Chapter 1 - What is Intelligent Disobedience? Chapter 2 - Vanquishing Remorse, Chapter 3 – A Higher Form of Ethics, Chapter 4 – Simple and Commonplace Intelligent Disobedience, Chapter 5 - Redefining Courage, Chapter 6 – History is Rarely Made by the Well Behaved, Chapter 7—Share the Truth, Chapter 8 – Authorizing Control by Relinquishing Control, Chapter 9 – Storytelling, Chapter 10 – Lessons Learned, Chapter 11 – Learning from Successful Intelligent Disobedience, Chapter 12 A Call to Action – The Next Step is Yours, Index
Biography
Bob McGannon is director of Intelligent Disobedience Leadership, and has worked in management roles in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Over a career spanning 35 years, Bob has managed technology teams, outsourced services, and major change initiatives for large companies. He is also an entrepreneur, having launched and directed three companies in the consulting and training industries.
Bob is an author of more than 20 courses that can be found on the online LinkedIn Learning platform and has contributed chapters to two compiled works: Advising Upwards, edited by Linda Bourne; and The Keys to Our Success: Lessons Learned from 25 of Our Best Project Managers, edited by David Barrett. In addition, Bob has written numerous articles for his company newsletters, and writes the Intelligent Disobedience blog (http://www.intelligentdisobedience.com).
Bob’s passions are developing people, team creation, motivation and management focused on strategic implementation, and day-to-day process optimization. He is known for building cohesive, high-performing teams through strategy, culture development, project management, and suitable doses of intelligent disobedience – with a bit of fun mixed in.
Bob is married, with one daughter, a grand-cat, and a grand-lizard, and he splits his time between Queensland, Australia, and Minnesota, USA.
