Leading with Emotional Courage : How to Have Hard Conversations, Create Accountability, and Inspire Action on Your Most Important Work / Peter Bregman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bregman, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 18 Minutes unlocks the secrets of highly successful leaders and pinpoints the missing ingredient that makes all the difference You have the opportunity to lead: to show up with confidence, connected to others, and committed to a purpose in a way that inspires others to follow. Maybe it’s in your workplace, or in your relationships, or simply in your own life. But great leadership—leadership that aligns teams, inspires action, and achieves results—is hard. And what makes it hard isn’t theoretical, it’s practical. It’s not about knowing what to say or do. It’s about whether you’re willing to experience the discomfort, risk, and uncertainty of saying or doing it. In other words, the most critical challenge of leadership is emotional courage. If you are willing to feel everything, you can do anything. Leading with Emotional Courage, based on the author’s popular blogs for Harvard Business Review, provides practical, real-world advice for building your emotional courage muscle. Each short, easy to read chapter details a distinct step in this emotional “workout,” giving you grounded advice for handling the difficult situations without sacrificing professional ground. By building the courage to say the necessary but difficult things, you become a stronger leader and leave the “should’ves” behind. Theoretically, leadership is straightforward, but how many people actually lead ? The gap between theory and practice is huge. Emotional courage is what bridges that gap. It’s what sets great leaders apart from the rest. It gets results. It cuts through the distractions, the noise, and the politics to solve problems and get things done. This book is packed with actionable steps you can take to start building these skills now. Have the courage to speak up when others remain silent Be stable and grounded in the face of uncertainty Respond productively to opposition without getting distracted Weather others’ anger without shutting down or getting defensive Leading with Emotional Courage coaches you to build your emotional courage, exercise it effectively, and create an environment in which people around you take accountability to get hard things done.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK

HOW TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS, CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND INSPIRE ACTION ON YOUR MOST IMPORTANT WORK

NOTE

ELEMENT ONE: BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE

PART ONE: KNOW WHO YOU ARE

CHAPTER 1: BE YOURSELF

CHAPTER 2: FIND YOUR GROUND

CHAPTER 3: STAY CURIOUS ABOUT YOURSELF

CHAPTER 4: ACCESS SELF-COMPASSION

CHAPTER 5: EMBRACE YOUR SHADOW

CHAPTER 6: IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT ACHIEVEMENT

PART TWO: BECOME WHO YOU WANT TO BE

CHAPTER 7: FIND CLARITY

CHAPTER 8: BECOME MORE OF WHO YOU ARE

CHAPTER 9: STAY FOCUSED

CHAPTER 10: BE STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL

CHAPTER 11: DON'T LOSE YOURSELF IN PURSUIT OF BECOMING YOURSELF

CHAPTER 12: HOW WILL YOU MEASURE SUCCESS?

ELEMENT TWO: CONNECT WITH OTHERS

PART ONE: BE CURIOUS AND TRUSTING

CHAPTER 13: THE IMPACT OF TRUST

CHAPTER 14: STAY OPEN

CHAPTER 15: STAY CURIOUS ABOUT OTHERS

CHAPTER 16: STAY CREATIVE

CHAPTER 17: BE USEFUL

CHAPTER 18: MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD

PART TWO: BE CLEAR AND TRUSTWORTHY

CHAPTER 19: EVERYONE IS CONTAGIOUS

CHAPTER 20: USE FEAR AS A GUIDE

CHAPTER 21: LEAD WITH THE PUNCHLINE

CHAPTER 22: SKILLFUL COMMUNICATION IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

CHAPTER 23: OWN YOUR STUFF

CHAPTER 24: LET OTHERS KNOW YOU SEE THEM

ELEMENT THREE: COMMIT TO PURPOSE

PART ONE: ENERGIZE YOUR FOCUS

CHAPTER 25: PLAY HARD

CHAPTER 26: KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING

CHAPTER 27: FOCUS WHERE IT MATTERS

CHAPTER 28: USE YOUR FOCUS AS A FILTER

CHAPTER 29: YOU CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH

CHAPTER 30: AND SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO SAY LESS

PART TWO: FOCUS THEIR ENERGY

CHAPTER 31: GIFTED, GAME, AND GENEROUS

CHAPTER 32: ENGAGE FROM THE BEGINNING

CHAPTER 33: HELPING OTHERS BE TRUSTWORTHY

CHAPTER 34: CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY

CHAPTER 35: BIGGER THAN YOU.

CHAPTER 36: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AFTER A CRITICAL ERROR (PACE)

ELEMENT FOUR: CULTIVATE EMOTIONAL COURAGE

PART ONE: FEEL COURAGEOUSLY

CHAPTER 37: KNOW WHAT YOU ARE FEELING

CHAPTER 38: FEELING IS PHYSICAL

CHAPTER 39: PRACTICE FEELING

CHAPTER 40: FEEL UNCERTAINTY

CHAPTER 41: BE WILLING TO FEEL THE HARD STUFF

CHAPTER 42: FEEL EVERYTHING

PART TWO: ACT BOLDLY

CHAPTER 43: RISK IS THE KEY TO LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER 44: BUILD YOUR RISK MUSCLE

CHAPTER 45: MAKE A DECISION

CHAPTER 46: RISK TRUTH

CHAPTER 47: TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT

CHAPTER 48: THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITY OF NOW

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119505686

1119505682

9781119505679

1119505674

OCLC:

1137059744