The executive athlete : how sport psychology helps business people become world-class performers / Richard F. Gerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerson, Richard F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Psychological aspects.

Sports.

Psychology, Industrial.

Businesspeople--Psychology.

Businesspeople.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Mass. : HRD Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Executive athletes" practice and compete, win some and lose some. Then they do it all over again - just like athletes. The Executive Athlete is all about the similarities between executives who want to achieve high levels of performance and athletes who play at the top of their game. Dr. Gerson has spent years coaching, testing and training business people to use sport psychology to better their performances. He's found you get measurable performance improvements if you treat and train business people like athletes. He takes you inside the minds of athletes and shows you how they mentally tra

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Link between Business and Athletics; Chapter 2 How do successful executive athletes do it?; Chapter 3 Training the Executive Athlete; Chapter 4 Turning Negatives into Positives; Chapter 5 The Executive Athlete's"Stress for Success" System; Chapter 6 The Executive Athlete and Peak Performance; Chapter 7 Business Is a Contact Sport; Chapter 8 The Superstar Within

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781599969992

1599969998

OCLC:

251947834