When Leaders Don't Lead Online Course

When leadership falls short, your growth doesn't have to.
When Leaders Don’t Lead is a practical guide for navigating broken leadership from both sides of the desk.
Part One shows employees how to stay effective, protect their growth, and communicate clearly when they’re stuck with an absent or ineffective boss.
Part Two shows managers how to address unmotivated or underperforming employees with clarity, accountability, and respect, so the whole team can function even when leadership isn’t at its best.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Stay productive and calm when your boss is unclear, inconsistent, or unfair
  • Speak up without burning bridges or risking unnecessary conflict
  • Set boundaries and protect your own career growth, even in a dysfunctional environment
  • Diagnose the real reasons employees aren’t performing or engaging
  • Have direct, constructive conversations with struggling team members
  • Set clear expectations and follow-through so people know what “good” looks like
  • Create stability and direction for yourself and your team, even when senior leadership is weak

This is more than a book—it’s a leadership reset.

Discover how to lead yourself powerfully, inspire others, and keep progressing no matter who’s at the helm. Step into your influence. Your leadership journey starts now.

Primarily for: employees stuck with ineffective bosses
Secondarily: includes a powerful section for managers who want to handle ineffective employees more constructively

“Leadership isn't just about being in charge; it’s about caring for those in your charge. This leadership course empowers both corporations and individuals to cultivate skills that inspire, motivate, and elevate teams to greater heights.”

—Dr. Jill

 

What People Are Saying:

When Leaders Don’t Lead by Dr. Jill Fandrich is a must-read for anyone in the workplace who finds that disengaged leaders and co-workers are creating an unhealthy environment. Her book is a beacon of enlightenment for people who recognize that they need to improve their leadership skills to collaborate effectively with ineffective managers and colleagues. In this book, Dr. Jill offers powerful strategies to help you examine your potential by providing practical ways to evaluate personal behaviors. While sharing lessons from her own professional experiences, Dr. Jill offers thought-provoking questions to help empower you to evaluate situations and act to create a positive environment. Additionally, she challenges you to seek and build strong alliances in the workplace, which can also transfer to any personal, real-life situation. Especially helpful in each chapter is a segment titled “Reflect,” in which Dr. Jill offers questions to prompt you to take actionable steps in your journey to improvement. Dr. Jill’s book is a well-written survival guide for dealing with unproductive leaders and co-workers. She challenges you to build positive vertical and horizontal relationships that will help you excel in whatever you do. Dr. Jill Fandrich is a favorite author of mine. DDE 12/11/24

Deanna E.

$299.00 USD

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