The joy of leadership : how positive psychology can maximize your impact (and make you happier) in a challenging world / Tal Ben-Shahar, Angus Ridgway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ridgway, Angus, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Positive psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The joy of leadership : how positive psychology can maximize your impact and make you happier in a challenging world

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, c2017.

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2017]

Summary:

Think of the last time you were at your best and working in the zone. Now compare that to all the time you've spent just going through the motions. How would you quantify the difference between the two in terms of how you felt and what you produced? Would you rate it as a 5% difference... a 50% difference? Most people would describe the gulf between those two states of being as vast-as deep and wide as the Grand Canyon. For quality of experience, engagement, productivity, and just the sheer joy of living, the majority of people asked to rate the difference between flourishing and floundering found it to be around a factor of 10. In their work with managers and executives at leading companies around the world, authors Tal Ben-Shahar and Angus Ridgway have identified a select group of individuals who consistently perform at their peak, and who make work seem effortless and working with them feel easy. The name they've given to those lucky few is "10X Leaders". You know who they are. They're the team leaders who bring out the best in everyone. They're the senior managers who drive growth and innovation. They're the dream bosses, dream partners, and dream colleagues. There's a good chance you've encountered at least one 10X leader in your career-you're probably thinking of one right now. And you wondered how they did it. Dr. Ben-Shahar and Mr. Ridgway believe they know the answer. They have identified the core characteristics, behaviors, and cognitive styles that all 10X leaders share. Even better, they've developed a way for virtually anyone to cultivate those traits and ways of thinking in themselves to become happier, more effective, and more successful. In this powerful new book they describe their revolutionary SHARP (Strength, Health, Absorption, Relationships, and Purpose) program for becoming a 10X leader. They tell you the true stories of people at organizations around the globe who've become more effective by learning to use these performance multipliers. And they offer proven strategies for mastering those characteristics and habits for lasting change-the kind of change that can bring you greater fulfilment and success, not just at work, but in every area of your life.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Part I: The Disaggregated World

Chapter 1: The 10X Effect: Performance Multipliers to Achieve Lasting Success and Fulfillment

The Origin of This Book at McKinsey and Harvard

What This Book Is For and How It's Unique

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 2: Giving Way to the New: The Boundaryless Twenty‐First‐Century Work Environment

Fluidity of People

Fluidity of Roles

Fluidity of Information

Chapter 3: Myths of Happiness and Leadership: Making the Case for SHARP

MYTH: Good Leaders Focus on Eliminating or Overcoming Their Weaknesses

MYTH: People Are Happiest and Most Productive When They Eliminate Stress from Their Lives

MYTH: Peak Experiences Are Necessarily Rare, a Product of Special and Extraordinary Events

MYTH: The Most Important Tools for a Good Leader Are Power and Control

MYTH: The Key to Fulfillment Lies in Seeking and Finding the Meaning of Life

MYTH: Achievement and Success Lead to Happiness and Fulfillment

Becoming SHARP

Part II: What 10X Leaders Do

Chapter 4: Strengths: Making the Most of Your Gifts

The Tragedy of the Damage Control Mind‐Set

Passion Strengths and Performance Strengths: Discovering Your Peak Potential Zone

The Mastery Experience: Building Self‐Confidence

Leading with Strengths

Connecting the Dots: A Note on Courage, Patience, and Serendipity

Chapter 5: Health: Injecting Energy into Life and Work

Managing Energy, Not Time

On Depletion and Recovery: The Energy Creation Zone

In the ECZ: Lessons from the Blue Zones

The Replenishing Role of Positive Emotions

Managing Team Energy: Setting the Tone, Setting the Pace

Chapter 6: Absorption: Revealing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary through Mindful Engagement

The Importance of Mindfulness

Flow 101.

Tools for Mindfulness and Flow

Leading with Mindfulness

Chapter 7: Relationships: Forming Authentic and Positive Bonds

Relationship Enablers: Authenticity and Positivity

Recognition and Gratitude

Responding to Success and Failure

Chapter 8: Purpose: Meaning and Commitment Are the Path to Joyful Leadership

Crafting Our Work

Purpose as Meaning and Commitment

Tools for Purposeful Living

The Power of Story

The Inspirational Leader: Animating Others with Purpose

Chapter 9: The Balanced Approach: SHARP and Cascading Success

SHARP: Real‐World Synergy

SHARP: Not One Size Fits All

Part III: How to Change-and Stay Changed

Chapter 10: Obstacles-and Pathways-to Lasting Behavioral Change: Neuroplasticity and the Possibility of Joyful Transformation

Controlling Mind‐Sets

Neuroplasticity: New Pathways to Change

What's Neuroplasticity?

The Science of Brain‐Altering Behaviors

Chapter 11: Creating New, Durable Pathways to Joyful Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Making SHARP Changes

Unfreezing: Discovering and Experimenting with Alternative Thoughts and Behaviors

Change: Picking and Leading with Your New Approaches to SHARP Living

Refreezing: Rituals and Reminders for Strengthening New Pathways

Reminders: Just Keep Doing It

Chapter 12: Finale: The 10X Effect Revisited and Becoming the Sum Total of Who You Are

Notes

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-31448-8

1-119-31447-X

OCLC:

994810198