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Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence

Autor Christopher P. Neck, Charles C. Manz, Jeffery D. Houghton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 mar 2019
Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence offers powerful yet practical advice for leading oneself to personal excellence. Grounded in the most recently published, cutting-edge self-leadership research, this milestone book is based on a simple yet revolutionary principle: first learn to lead yourself, and you will then be able to effectively lead others. The updated Second Edition resonates with today’s students by featuring contemporary examples, new cases, new feature boxes, and the latest research.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781544324302
ISBN-10: 1544324308
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Second Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Cuprins

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. An Introduction to Self-Leadership: The Journey Begins
Leadership
Sources of Leadership
We All Lead Ourselves
Self-Leadership
2. The Context of Self-Leadership: Mapping the Route
Conceptual Foundations of Self-Leadership
External Factors
Personal Factors
We Do Choose
3. Behavior-Focused Strategies: Overcoming Rough Roads, Detours, and Roadblocks
World-Altering Behavior-Focused Strategies
Self-Imposed Behavior-Focused Strategies
4. Natural Reward-Focused Strategies: Scenic Views, Sunshine, and the Joys of Traveling
Natural Rewards
What Makes Activities Naturally Rewarding?
Tapping the Power of Natural Rewards
Combining External and Natural Rewards
5. Constructive Thought-Focused Strategies: Developing a Travel Mind-Set
Our Psychological Worlds
Is There Power in Positive Thinking?
Evaluating Beliefs and Assumptions
Mental Practice
Thought Patterns
Opportunity or Obstacle Thinking
The Power of Failure
6. Team Self-Leadership: Sharing the Journey
Self-Leadership and Teams
Behavioral Aspects of Team Self-Leadership
Mental Aspects of Team Self-Leadership
Team Self-Leadership Still Means Individual Self-Leadership
Balancing the “Me” with the “We”
Groupthink versus Teamthink
7. Self-Leadership, Health, and Well-Being: Maintaining Physical and Emotional Fitness on the Journey
Self-Leadership and Fitness
What Executives Say about the Importance of Fitness
The Impact of Fitness on Job Performance
Executive Fitness Behaviors at a Glance
Exercise and Diet: The Keys to Fitness
Self-Leadership, Fitness, and Personal Effectiveness
Choosing How You Feel: Emotional Self-Leadership
Emotional Intelligence and Self-Leadership
Coping with Stress: Self-Leadership and Stress Management
Optimism and Self-Leadership
Happiness, Flow, and Self-Leadership
8. Individual Differences, Diversity, and Practical Applications: Multiple Paths to Uniqueness
Personality and Self-Leadership
Diversity and Self-Leadership
Applications in Athletics
Applications in Work/Organizational Situations
9. Reaching the Destination: But the Journey Continues . . .
A Self-Leadership Framework
A Tale of Self-Leadership
The Tale in Perspective
Personal Effectiveness
Some Additional Thoughts
Notes
Index

Notă biografică

Dr. Christopher P. Neck is an associate professor of management at Arizona State University, where he held the title ¿University Master Teacher.¿ From 1994 to 2009, he was part of the Pamplin College of Business faculty at Virginia Tech. He received his PhD in management from Arizona State University and his MBA from Louisiana State University. Neck is author or coauthor of 22 books, including Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence (2017, Sage; 2nd ed., 2019); Get a Kick Out of Life: Expect the Best of Your Body, Mind, and Soul at Any Age (2017, Clovercroft); Fit to Lead: The Proven 8-Week Solution for Shaping Up Your Body, Your Mind, and Your Career (2004, St. Martin¿s Press; 2012, Carpenter¿s Sons); Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence (6th ed., 2013, Pearson); The Wisdom of Solomon at Work (2001, Berrett-Koehler); For Team Members Only: Making Your Workplace Team Productive and Hassle-Free (1997, Amacom Books); and Medicine for the Mind: Healing Words to Help You Soar (4th ed., Wiley, 2012). Neck is also the coauthor of an introductory entrepreneurship textbook, Entrepreneurship (Sage, 2017; 2nd ed., 2020), and an introductory organizational behavior textbook, Organizational Behavior (Sage, 2017; 2nd ed., Sage, 2019).

Dr. Neck¿s research specialties include employee/executive fitness, self-leadership, leadership, group decision-making processes, and self-managing teams. He has submitted over 100 publications in the form of books, chapters, and articles in various journals. Some of the outlets in which Neck¿s work has appeared include Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Executive Excellence, Human Relations, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Journal of Leadership Studies, Educational Leadership, and The Commercial Law Journal.

Neck is the deputy editor of the Journal of Leadership and Management. Due to Neck¿s expertise in management, he has been cited in numerous national publications, including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Houston Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune.

Dr. Neck was recently voted a semifinalist (out of 140 nominations) for the prestigious international 2020 Baylor University Cherry Award for Great Teaching. Neck was also the recipient of the 2007 Business Week Favorite Professor Award.

Dr. Neck has taught over 60,000 students during his career in higher education. Neck currently teaches a mega section of Management Principles to approximately 900 students at Arizona State University.

Neck was the recipient of the 2020 John W. Teets Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (voted by W. P. Carey students). Neck also received the Order of Omega Outstanding Teaching Award for 2012 awarded to one professor at Arizona State University by the Alpha Lamda chapter of this leadership fraternity. His class sizes at Virginia Tech reached 2,500 students. He received numerous teaching awards during his tenure at Virginia Tech, including the 2002 Wine Award for Teaching Excellence. Also, Neck was the 10-time winner (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009) of the ¿Students¿ Choice Teacher of the Year Award¿ (voted by the students for the best teacher of the year within the entire university). Some of the organizations who have participated in Neck¿s management development training include GE/Toshiba, Busch Gardens, Clark Construction, the United States Army, Crestar, American Family Insurance, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Airlines, American Electric Power, W. L. Gore & Associates, Dillard¿s Department Stores, and Prudential Life Insurance. Neck is also an avid runner. He has completed 12 marathons, including the Boston Marathon, New York City Marathon, and the San Diego Marathon. In fact, his personal record for a single long-distance run is 48 miles.



Descriere

Written by the scholars who first developed the theory of self-leadership, Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence by Christopher P. Neck, Charles C. Manz, and Jeffery D. Houghton offers powerful yet practical advice for leading oneself to personal excellence. Grounded in the most recently published, cutting-edge self-leadership research, this milestone book is based on a simple yet revolutionary principle: first learn to lead yourself, and you will then be able to effectively lead others. This inclusive approach to self-motivation and self-influence equips readers with the strategies and tips they need to build a strong foundation in the study of management, as well as enhancing their own personal effectiveness. The updated Second Edition resonates with today’s students by featuring contemporary examples and showcasing a greater degree of diversity throughout.

New to this Edition
  • Self-Leadership Research features have been updated or replaced to offer the most up-to-date, cutting-edge research, exposing students to timely developments in the field.
  • Real-World Self-Leadership Cases and new Profiles in Self-Leadership are updated to feature new, contemporary personalities that will resonate with today’s diverse students, with more cases featuring women and/or people of color.
  • Self-Leadership in the Movies features have been updated to reflect contemporary people and movies that showcase a greater degree of diversity, offering students relatable, exciting examples to keep them engaged.
  • All in-text examples and supporting citations have been updated.