The Executive and the Elephant: A Leader's Guide for Building Inner Excellence Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Richard L. Daft
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"Kings, heads of government, and corporate executives have control over thousands of people and endless resources, but often do not have mastery over themselves. From a distance, larger-than-life leaders may look firmly in control of their businesses and their personal behavior. What about up close? Personal mastery is a difficult thing."
--FROM CHAPTER ONE
LEADERS KNOW WHAT they should be doing, so why aren't they doing it? When a leader knows the preferable behavior, why stick to an old pattern and fail to perform as desired? The answer is that each of us has two selves: one self is thoughtful, circumspect, and rational (the inner executive), and the other self is habit bound, impulsive, and emotion driven (the inner elephant). In this groundbreaking book, leadership expert Richard Daft reveals how leaders can recognize the two parts of themselves and learn to calm down, train, and guide their inner elephant toward the desired successful behavior.
Inner excellence means removing the personal flaw that is holding you back as a leader--such as procrastination, avoiding confrontation, a short attention span, perfectionism, tactless remarks, weak resolve, overreacting, criticizing, chasing the wrong gratifications, or not following though. This important book is filled with lessons for leaders on resolving the inner struggle between impulse and self-discipline, between blind reaction and big picture wisdom.
Dozens of proven exercises will empower you to direct yourself and others more productively. With a little practice, your inner executive will learn to choose correct actions rather than let your unwanted behaviors have their way.
Through compelling real-life coaching examples of dramatic personal changes, along with recent findings in psychology, management, neuroscience, and Eastern spirituality, Richard Daft provides guidance to all of us who want to follow our best intentions when leading ourselves and others.
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- Title The Executive and the Elephant: A Leader's Guide for Building Inner Excellence
- Author Richard L. Daft
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Jossey-Bass, Somerset, NJ, U.S.A.
- Date 2010-08-02
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780470372265 / 0470372265
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.32 x 1.08 in (23.47 x 16.05 x 2.74 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010013839
- Dewey Decimal Code 658.409
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