Marques Leadership and Mindful Behavior

Action, Wakefulness, and Business
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-40379-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 210 Seiten

Aimed at business students preparing to enter the workforce, Leadership and Mindful Behavior provides readers with guidelines for effective and perceptive leadership. Some of the aspects to be reviewed will be the importance of both soft and hard skills; the concepts of sleepwalking and wakefulness; mental models, respect, change, and compassion.

Joan Marques is Associate Professor of Management, Assistant Dean, and Chair and Director of the Bachelors in Business Administration Program at the School of Business, Woodbury University, USA.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marques, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Title;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Contents;6
5;List of Figures;8
6;Foreword;10
7;Introduction;12
8;1 An Expanded View of Leadership;14
8.1;Leadership: A Foundational View;14
8.1.1;Personal Relationship;16
8.1.2;Punctuality;18
8.1.3;Preparedness;20
8.2;Implementing Leadership;21
8.2.1;Some Leadership Responsibilities;22
8.3;Summary;26
8.4;Questions;29
9;2 The Problem of “Sleepwalking”;31
9.1;Sleepwalking: What, How, and When;31
9.2;Effects of Sleepwalking;35
9.3;Keeping Track of Sleepwalking;41
9.4;Summary;44
9.5;Questions;46
10;3 The Value of Respect;48
10.1;Respect: An Awakened Mindset;48
10.1.1;Earning Respect;49
10.1.2;Respect and Awareness;51
10.2;The Art of Gaining Respect from Others;53
10.3;Respect and Ethics;57
10.4;Respect and Sleepwalking;59
10.5;Summary;60
10.6;Questions;62
11;4 Engaging in Self-Reflection: A Deeper Look Within;64
11.1;Do You Know Where You’re Going to?;64
11.1.1;Reflecting on Our Actions and Perspectives;67
11.1.2;Choice and Character;77
11.1.3;Taking More Ownership;78
11.2;Self-Reflection and Sleepwalking;79
11.3;Summary;80
11.4;Questions;82
12;5 Mental Models and Reality;83
12.1;Mental Models: Our View of the World;83
12.1.1;Some Foundations of Mental Models;85
12.1.2;Mental Models in Personal Life;86
12.1.3;Mental Models in Professional Life;88
12.1.4;Gaining Awareness of Mental Models;90
12.2;Mental Models and Sleepwalking;95
12.3;Summary;96
12.4;Questions;98
13;6 The Changing Nature of Our Dreams;100
13.1;Change: The Constant Factor in Our Life;100
13.1.1;Personal Change;101
13.1.2;Organizational Change;103
13.2;Change and Renewal;106
13.2.1;Engaging in Self-Renewal;106
13.3;Accepting Change and Moving On;111
13.4;Change and Sleepwalking;113
13.5;Summary;114
13.6;Questions;116
14;7 Continuous Evolution as a Human Trait;118
14.1;Continuous Evolution: A Personal Process;118
14.1.1;Physical Evolution;119
14.1.2;Mental Evolution;121
14.2;Constant Death, Constant Rebirth;125
14.2.1;Paradigm Shifts through Personal Change;126
14.3;Internal Change and Sleepwalking;129
14.4;Summary;130
14.5;Questions;132
15;8 The Value of Broadening Our Mindset;134
15.1;About Our Horizons;134
15.1.1;Relational and Non-Relational Self-Expansion;135
15.1.2;A Deeper Look into Some Horizon-Enlarging Activities;138
15.2;The Value of Broadening Our Mindset;146
15.3;Broadening Our Mindset and Sleepwalking;149
15.4;Summary;150
15.5;Questions;152
16;9 Why Soft Skills Are Critical;154
16.1;What Today’s Employees Are Looking For;154
16.2;A Closer Look at Soft Skills;155
16.2.1;Leadership, Education, and Soft Skills;160
16.3;Soft Skills and Sleepwalking;165
16.4;Summary;166
16.5;Questions;168
17;10 Maintaining Wakeful Leadership;169
17.1;Becoming and Staying Awake;169
17.2;Focus;173
17.2.1;Focus;173
17.2.2;Open Mind;176
17.2.3;Care;177
17.2.4;Understand;180
17.2.5;Serenity;181
17.3;Focus and Sleepwalking;183
17.4;Summary;184
17.5;Questions;187
18;Notes;189
19;Index;204