The Control Freak Revolution: Make Your Most Maddening Behaviors Work for Your Company and to Your Advantage

224 Pages·2008·0.59 MB·English

by  Cheryl Cran

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Make Your Most Maddening Behaviors
Work for Your Company and to Your
Advantage
By Cheryl Cran
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Copyright © 2008 by Cheryl Cran
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cran, Cheryl, 1963-
The Control freak revolution : make your most maddening behaviors
work for your company and to your advantage / by Cheryl Cran.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-56414-984-8
ISBN-10: 1-56414-984-6
1. Leadership. 2. Personnel management. 3. Control (Psychology)
4. Interpersonal relations. I. Title.
HD57.7.C696 2008
650.1—dc22
2007031665
I would like to dedicate this book
to two men
who have been the most impactful in my life:
my dad
and
my wonderful husband,
Reg.
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Acknowledgments
There are many people involved in the production of one
book. I would like to acknowledge first my husband, Reg, who
is my rock, my biggest fan, and my best friend. My daughter,
Courtney, for her enthusiastic belief in all I do, and my two
stepsons, Tyler and Jordan, for their love and encouragement.
A special mention to my agent, Arnold, my editor, Jodi
Brandon, and the team at Career Press. I also want to acknowl-
edge Karen Harris and her team at CMI Speaker Management.
Thank goodness for my friends. They have helped to keep
me light, have fun, and enjoy the process. Here’s to Sue,
Sharlae, Jay, Colleen, and all of my colleagues who are writ-
ers and speakers.
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Contents
Foreword by Randy Sebastian 9
Introduction 13
Chapter One: 15
Own Your Inner Control Freak
Chapter Two: 35
Shift or Get Off the Pot
Chapter Three: 55
Funky Control Freak or Freaky Control Freak?
Chapter Four: 73
Set Up Your Control Panel
Chapter Five: 91
Personalities, Cultures, and Generations—
Oh My! Conflict and the Control Freak
Chapter Six: 111
Myths and Maddening Behaviors
Chapter Seven: 131
7 Steps to Be a Successful “Control Freak” Leader
Chapter Eight: 149
Control Freaks: Let Others Evaluate You
Chapter Nine: 179
Make Your Most Maddening Behaviors Work
for You
Chapter Ten: 199
Leadership With Positive Control of Self and
Others
Bibliography 213
Index 215
About the Author 223
Foreword
Control Freak Builds 100-Million-Dollar Business!
It was more than 20 years ago when I founded Renaissance
Homes and began my new construction business building cus-
tom, luxury homes. Renaissance Homes’ early market niche
proved to be a fortuitous choice, as it created a company cul-
ture of pride in everything we do: unique locations, innovative
plans, quality materials, and uncompromising craftsmanship.
It’s a culture that naturally flows to our clients, so they can feel
pride of ownership every day they live in their Renaissance
home. Today Renaissance Homes has grown to be one of the
Portland area’s larger and most respected builders.
Award-Winning Homes
Renaissance Homes has won the prestigious “Best of Show”
award at Portland’s annual Street of Dreams four times—more
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