The Bullish Thinking Guide for Managers: How to Save Your Advisors and Grow Your Bottom Line -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Wall Street's Walking Wounded -- Take Stock of Your Advisors Today -- Is There Any Doubt This Book Can Help You and Your Advisors? -- Bullish Thinking Strategies for Positive Change -- Chapter 1: Stop the Dance -- Unsung Heroes: Kicking or Kissing Butt? -- Finding Your Inner Coach -- Help Yourself First -- Then You Can Help Others -- Facing the Hard Issues on Your Desk -- Chapter 2: Bullish Thinking -- Are You Listening to Their Silent Cries for Help? -- The Symptoms Emerge -- A Wall Street Tragedy: The Descent of Ned -- What Are the Consequences of Ned's Bearish Thinking? -- Chapter 3: Linking Emotions and Feelings, Behavior, and Thinking -- The Science: Or, "How to Be a Mind Reader" -- Are You a Good Poker Player? -- Chapter 4: Getting to Know Yourself and Your Advisors -- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall -- You've Got Personality! -- Personality Meets a Challenge: The OCEAN System and the Big Five -- The Four Management Leadership Styles -- Pros and Cons of the Most Common Leadership Styles -- Chapter 5: Advisor Mindset Categories -- The Five Common Advisor Mindsets: Take Your Advisors on an OCEAN Cruise -- The Soup: Get the Right People on the Bus -- Are You Ready for Monday Morning? -- Case Study: How the Command and Control Manager Works with a Contrarian Advisor -- Case Study: How a Decision-Maker Manager Works with a Catalyst Advisor -- Case Study: How the Igniter Manager Works with a Perfectionist/Facts and Details Advisor -- Reverse Engineering -- Mindsets, Leadership Styles, and Bullish Thinking -- Chapter 6: How to Talk to Each Type of Advisor -- Establishing Clear Lines of Communication -- Define the Problem or Situation -- Ways to Get Your Advisor to Open Up.

Get Out Your Crystal Ball: The Five Advisor Mindsets under Stress, and How to Predict Their Reactions and Help Them -- When Problem Solving Doesn't Work -- I Have This Teenager I'd Like You to Meet -- Chapter 7: Emotion Commotion -- The Bottom Line: The Numbers -- What's All the Commotion? Knowing How to Approach Emotion -- Understand the Core Conflicts -- Bullish Thinking Resolves Core Stressors and Negative Thoughts -- How Bearish Thoughts Affect Performance -- The Quiet Spirit-Killer -- Using the H.A.R.D. - E Technique with Your Advisors During a Sit-Down -- Emotional Discipline: The Glue That Holds It all Together -- Chapter 8: Therapy for Your Advisors -- There's No Place Like Home? Our Findings -- The Solution -- What Happens at Home, Stays at Home? -- Significant Stressors in an Advisor's Personal Life -- Helping Your Advisors Work through Crises -- How to Channel a Crisis into Productivity for Your Advisor -- Chapter 9: How to Motivate Your Advisors -- Assertive or Demanding? -- Motivating for Higher Production Levels: Don't Be a Cheerleader. It's Just a Quick Fix. -- There Is No Cookie-Cutter Approach -- Confidence-Building Strategies for Your Advisors -- Motivation: Get It Straight from the Horse's Mouth! -- Dealing with Sensitive Topics -- Using Emotion as a Strategy to Encourage Struggling Advisors -- Chapter 10: Harnessing Your Team of Advisors -- How to Help Your Advisors Structure Their Team -- Using the OCEAN System to Profile Your Advisors as Part of a Team -- Case Study -- How to Use Profiling Strategies to Solve Team Communication Problems -- Combining Moods, Mindsets, and Skills: Managing a Team in Crisis -- "There Is a Major Crisis and I Need Help" -- Put Yourself in Harold's Shoes -- Harold's Bullish Thinking Coaching Session: Help Is on the Way -- Bullish Thinking Solutions -- Chapter 11: The Psychology of the Superstar.

Managing the Superstar Advisor -- The Everyday Superstar -- The Vulnerable Superstar -- How to Distinguish Snakes from Peacocks? -- Narcissists and Psychopaths: The Danger Zone of Management -- Managing the Everyday Superstar Advisor -- A Coach's Perspective on High Achievers -- Shaping Your Top Advisors -- Chapter 12: Think Like a Shrink: You Are Not Alone -- What You Don't Know Could Hurt...Well, Everybody -- Think Like a Shrink: Trained Observations -- Which Drugs May Be Affecting Your Advisors? -- Job One: Keep Your Eyes and Ears Open -- I Learned a Little Too Late -- A Fatal Lesson -- What to Do: The Next Steps -- A Darker Side of the Business -- The Room of Silence -- Other Avenues of Help for You -- Additional Support for Managers -- Hope for the Future: Remember, You Are Never Alone -- The Last Word...The First Step -- Appendix A: Dr. Alden Cass's Landmark Research Study -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Appendix B: Bad Medicine for Wall Street -- Abstract -- Bad Medicine for Wall Street: Alcohol Use Trends During War -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Appendix C: Bullish Thinking Monitor Log -- Recommended Readings and Resources -- Rehabilitation Facilities -- Web Sites -- Index.