Managing ambition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilcox, Martin.

Contributor:

Center for Creative Leadership.

Series:

J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership)

Ideas into action guidebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ambition.

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (34 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Greensboro : CCL Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Ambition is a good thing, but too much of it can cause problems. You need ambition to be successful, but if you have too much, it can derail your career. This guidebook will help you determine whether you have a problem with ambition. You will gain a fuller understanding of its basic drivers: the need for competence, the need for achievement, and the need for rewards. You will learn how these drivers can affect your work, and you will learn strategies for managing them. Each of the drivers has identifi able components. The need for competence, for example, has three components: superiority, co

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Copyright; Title Page; Series Page; In Brief; The Paradox of Ambition; When a Strength Becomes a Weakness; The Drivers of Ambition; The Need for Competence; Superiority; Competitiveness; Pride; How the Need for Competence Affects Your Work for the Organization; Strategies for Managing Ambition Driven by Competence; The Need for Achievement; Drive; Control; Power; The Need for Rewards; Recognition; Profile; Status; How the Need for Rewards Affects Your Work for the Organization; Strategies for Managing Ambition Driven by Rewards; Moving Forward

Ambition as a Developmental OpportunitySuggested Resources; Background

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781118780244

1118780248

9781604911497

1604911492

OCLC:

855371555