Leadership Without Mind Games

Author : Frank Hagenow
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783967390575

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Leadership Without Mind Games by Frank Hagenow Pdf

No need for mind games. Leadership is not rocket science. The daily tasks of managers revolve mostly around numbers, statistics, competition, and ultimately, success. What we often forget is that a big aspect of leadership relies on managing relationships. Many see this as an unnecessary burden, at best. So, what could be better than being able to reach into a box of psychological tricks and swiftly finish off disagreements or completely avoid conflict? I am afraid that is too easy. If you want to be successful and retain competent employees for the long term, you would be well advised to stay away from such gimmicks. Those who lead people have a responsibility - they are responsible for treating their employees with decency. That leaves no room for cheap tricks or power games.

Author : Frank Hagenow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Business ethics
ISBN : 3967401391

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Leadership Without Mind Games by Frank Hagenow Pdf

Author : S. Sridhar
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781636336305

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Winning without Waging War by S. Sridhar Pdf

Winning Without Waging War – the mother of all strategies. Winning Without Waging War (WWWW) are war tactics for the business and career battlefields. In this book, hidden secrets taught by the masters and gurus of Zen methods, magic mantras realized by the author, an exponent of the art of business war, while facing challenging business and career environments are REVEALED. This book is the convergence of four different arts—Know your Enemy, Know Yourself, Know your Terrain (Situations), Know your Divinity. It is written as a workbook for easy practice to obtain an exponential benefit. This book facilitates the identification of one’s business enemy in the market or career enemy within the corporate. It grooms professionals in playing offence and defence games applying deception techniques for surprise attacks to ensure unprecedented success in their work life. Some powerful techniques taught in this book include: How to become a leader right from day one? How a start-up can take on mammoth organizations? How an ignored professional can shoot into prominence by leveraging organizational politics? Overwhelming an interview panel to get that all-important job, using signalling techniques to get others to see your way, repositioning techniques for gaining a competitive edge in the market, Super Stretch Target setting, Divine Creative processes 1-2-3, and Tao leadership traits like being invisible but illuminating others are largely unknown to the world. This book not only explains these concepts in simple ways using illustrative case studies, but it also provides concrete action plans for effective application.

Author : Simon Sinek
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780735213524

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The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, a bold framework for leadership in today’s ever-changing world. How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers—only ahead and behind. The question is, how do we play to succeed in the game we’re in? In this revelatory new book, Simon Sinek offers a framework for leading with an infinite mindset. On one hand, none of us can resist the fleeting thrills of a promotion earned or a tournament won, yet these rewards fade quickly. In pursuit of a Just Cause, we will commit to a vision of a future world so appealing that we will build it week after week, month after month, year after year. Although we do not know the exact form this world will take, working toward it gives our work and our life meaning. Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organizations. Ultimately, they are the ones who lead us into the future.

Author : Simon Sinek
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101149034

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Start with Why by Simon Sinek Pdf

The inspiring, life-changing bestseller by the author of LEADERS EAT LAST and TOGETHER IS BETTER. In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn inspire their colleagues and customers. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, including more than 28 million who’ve watched his TED Talk based on START WITH WHY -- the third most popular TED video of all time. Sinek starts with a fundamental question: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the WHY behind it. START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way -- and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.

Author : Jeff Iorg
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780805445329

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The Character of Leadership by Jeff Iorg Pdf

How God constantly shapes leaders throughout their adult lives is the major theme in The Character of Leadership, focusing on nine distinct character qualities that must always be kept in check.

Author : Roland Lazenby
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 715 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781938120817

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Mind Games by Roland Lazenby Pdf

MIND GAMES follows the journey of Phil Jackson to the top of basketball’s coaching hierarchy, a rise that took him from obscurity in the Continental Basketball Association to nine championship rings in the NBA. Along the way he turned multimillionaire players on to meditation, transformed the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls from a one-man show to a five-man team of domination, and after battling with Bulls management, ended one dynasty to start another on the West Coast. Sportswriter Roland Lazenby, author of the bestselling BLOOD ON THE HORNS, reveals the fascinating story of Jackson's life, from his years with the New York Knicks under the legendary Red Holzman to his remarkable nine championships coaching first the Chicago Bulls and then the Los Angeles Lakers. In MIND GAMES Lazenby compellingly portrays a man with a unique determination to control the competitive environment he inhabits. A clear picture of the Jackson mystique emerges: philosopher, teacher, manipulator, counselor, psychologist, shaman, champion, master of mind games. Originally published in 2007, now available in eBook format for the first time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Leadership
ISBN : UVA:X005077925

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Leadership Education and Training (LET) 2 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Barthelemy
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 157444106X

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The Sky is Not the Limit by Robert Barthelemy Pdf

What exactly is "breakthrough leadership"? Quite simply, it's an approach to performance aimed at transcending limitations and maximizing team potential. As the author points out, the process of innovation and high performance is not random or haphazard. The limitations and barriers that commonly get in the way of success can be overcome-if we use the right leadership techniques. And that's just what Dr. Bart Barthelemy, one of the nation's leaders in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics, discusses in The Sky Is Not the Limit-leadership techniques that work, and work consistently. Barthelemy has used his years of management experience to come up with a practical, results-driven guide to leadership based on the ideas of competitive collaboration and structured flexibility. Whether you're a manager, supervisor, team leader or consultant, The Sky Is Not the Limit can help you achieve significant breakthroughs in performance and productivity. You can use its proven tips and techniques to lead your teams to new heights of excellence. Remember, the sky is not the limit-not for airplanes, not for this planet, not for our organizations and not for any of us!

Author : Jeff Grout,Sarah Perrin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781841126289

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Mind Games by Jeff Grout,Sarah Perrin Pdf

What makes a winner - in business or in sport? Why do some peopleconsistently break sales targets, cross the line first or hammerthe ball in the net with pinpoint accuracy? Natural talent anddisciplined training are vital. But with two equally matchedprofessionals, something else makes the difference that providesthat extra, champion factor: the mind. Mind Games looks into the mental processes of sportingstars, identifying the attitudes and approaches that enable them toachieve peak performance, every time, and applies them specificallyto the world of business. What are the key mental characteristicsthat make some people come out on top? How do winners channeladrenalin into controlled power while losers choke? What dosportsmen and women mean when they talk about 'the inner game',being 'in the zone' or being 'in the now'? What is it that coachesdo to realise the potential they see? What are the lessons thatbusiness winners need to learn from sport's superstars? Mind Games has the full involvement of over 30 sportinghousehold names, including Sven-Göran Eriksson, MatthewPinsent, Clive Woodward, Nick Faldo, Jonny Wilkinson. The authorsdraw on extensive first-hand experiences of acknowledged sportingchampions across a range of sports, identifying personal techniquesproven to have worked under the pressure of top-level competition.They also draw on the expertise of professional coaches andpsychologists who have worked with sportsmen and women.

Author : Annie Vernon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472949103

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Mind Games by Annie Vernon Pdf

An authoritative exploration of the psychology of elite sport, written by an Olympic silver medallist and respected sports journalist. Throughout her career as one of the world's top athletes, Annie Vernon struggled with an existential question about the purpose of sport in our comfortable, first-world society: why do we do it? What is it about our psyche that makes pushing the mind and body to their limits in order to win a foot race, a swimming race or a rowing race such a basic human desire? Having retired from competition, Annie decided to look for answers to these questions in the world of mind games. What is the psychology behind sport at an elite level? With Team GB recording its best-ever performances at the Rio Olympic Games, having come second in the medal table in consecutive games, the public is aware of elite sport and the techniques used by our sporting heroes more than ever. Whether it be performing under pressure, coping with nerves, teamwork, or building self-belief in the face of adversity, the methods that elite sports-people use are also relevant to everyday life. But sports psychology is still regarded as something of a mystery. How exactly do elite sports performers harness the power of their mind in pursuit of physical perfection? Through interviews with leading sports stars and the latest scientific research, Mind Games discusses elite sports psychology in a way that is interesting to the watching public, sports fans and sports-haters alike, with Annie drawing on her own first-hand experiences to walk them through this fascinating subject.

Author : Scott Snair, Ph.D.
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781440626340

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motivational Leadership by Scott Snair, Ph.D. Pdf

Inspire, instruct, encourage - and blow away the competition. Motivating groups to work together is not easy. Fortunately, leadership can be learned. In this comprehensive new guide, a management expert shows how to lead a team. You will come to understand what makes a leader; think and act like one; develop a personal leadership style; see opportunity amidst crisis; understand organizational behavior; use discipline, encouragement, and promotion; prioritize; develop trust; resolve conflict; and earn respect and recognition. ?A hard-hitting, straightforward approach that provides honest, accurate information ?For anyone in a position of leadership, from project manager to Little League coach

Author : Alan F. Johnson
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310293156

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How I Changed My Mind about Women in Leadership by Alan F. Johnson Pdf

Well-known evangelical leaders from a broad range of denominational affiliations and ethnic diversity share their surprising journeys from a restrictive view about women in leadership to an open, inclusive view that recognizes a full shared partnership of leadership in the home and in the ministries of the church based on gifts not gender.

Author : Robert D. Ramsey
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483360430

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School Leadership From A to Z by Robert D. Ramsey Pdf

"Ramsey blends practical business ideas, good practice, and commonsense ideas into lessons that all principals should find useful in their work." Paul Young, 2002-2003 President National Association of Elementary School Principals "Once again Ramsey, like a wise mentor, cuts to the heart of leadership. Every reader who likes new ideas, appreciates fresh perspective, and seeks core truths about leadership will include this book in his or her library and recommend it to colleagues." Don Draayer 1990 AASA National Superintendent of the Year What does it take to be an effective school leader? What can we learn from successful schools and other businesses? Much of what makes a great business organization tick can help make an effective school click as well. This valuable new resource combines the best thinking from today′s finest schools with proven ideas taken directly from successful businesses and other public and private organizations. School Leadership From A to Z blends proven traditional success secrets for school leaders with newfound strategies and unique methods from businesses and organizations outside the education community. This fresh approach provides 26 compact sections, offering provocative insider insight into critical elements of school leadership, including: Attitude and Ambiguity Tolerance; Coaching, Culture, and Common Sense; Exceeding Expectations; Inform, Instruct, and Inspire; Networking and Nitpicking; Removing Obstacles, and much more! This handbook for educational leaders is the first ever to draw heavily on tough lessons from business and life, as well as successful school experiences, providing: Leadership lessons from both businesses and schools Ideas to borrow from the best practices of organizations What business leaders say about leadership New vocabulary for school leaders A reference list of business leadership titles helpful to school leaders If your school is not what it could or should be, something needs to change. This marvelous new resource provides you with the necessary ingredients for success!

Author : Denise Shull
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071761529

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Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk by Denise Shull Pdf

Seize the advantage in every trade using your greatest asset—“psychological capital”! When it comes to investing, we're usually taught to “conquer” our emotions. Denise Shull sees it in reverse: We need to use our emotions. Combining her expertise in neuroscience with her extensive trading experience, Shull seeks to help you improve your decision making by navigating the shifting relationships among reason, analysis, emotion, and intuition. This is your “psychological capital”—and it's the key to making decisions calmly and rationally during the heat of trading. Market Mind Games explains the basics of neuroscience in language you understand, which is the first tool you need to manage the emotional ups and downs of the trading. It then provides you with a rock-solid trading system designed to take full advantage of your emotional assets.