Introduction.

PART ONE: Introducing the Taboos.

1 Taboos and Leadership.

2 Secret 1:We Know What Leadership Looks Like (But We Don’t Know What It Takes).

PART TWO: Taboos of Persuasion.

3 Secret 2: Charisma Shouldn’t Make a Difference (But It Does).

4 Secret 3: Real Leaders Don’t Play Politics (They Take It Very Seriously).

5 Secret 4:Women Make Better Leaders (When That’s What They Really Want to Do).

PART THREE: Taboos of Position.

6 Secret 5:The Double Standard Is for Cavemen (and the Corner Office).

7 Secret 6:Thou Shalt Not Play Favorites with Friends and Family (Except When It Makes a Lot of Sense).

8 Secret 7: A Leader’s Fundamental Duty Is to Groom a Successor (But It Hurts Like Hell).

PART FOUR: Taboos of the Person.

9 Secret 8: Leaders Need to Demonstrate Work-Life Balance (No Problem;Work Is Their Life).

10 Secret 9: Blatant Self-Interest Is Dangerous (in Followers, Not Leaders).

11 Secret 10: It’s Lonely at the Top (But Leaders Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way).

12 Our Taboos Are Exposed, So Now What?

References.

About the Author.

Index.