{"product_id":"the-joy-of-leadership-9781119313007","title":"The Joy of Leadership","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink of the last time you were at your best and working in the zone. Now compare that to all the time you've spent just going through the motions. How would you quantify the difference between the two in terms of how you felt and what you produced? Would you rate it as a 5% difference. . . a 50% difference? Most people would describe the gulf between those two states of being as vastas deep and wide as the Grand Canyon. For quality of experience, engagement, productivity, and just the sheer joy of living, the majority of people asked to rate the difference between flourishing and floundering found it to be around a factor of 10.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn their work with managers and executives at leading companies around the world, authors Tal Ben-Shahar and Angus Ridgway have identified a select group of individuals who consistently perform at their peak, and who make work seem effortless and working with them feel easy. The name they've given to those lucky few is 10X Leaders. You know who they \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Disaggregated World 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The 10X Effect: Performance Multipliers to Achieve Lasting Success and Fulfillment 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Giving Way to the New: The Boundaryless Twenty-First-Century Work Environment 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Myths of Happiness and Leadership: Making the Case for \u003ci\u003eSHARP \u003c\/i\u003e29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II What 10x Leaders Do 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Strengths: Making the Most of Your Gifts 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Health: Injecting Energy into Life and Work 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Absorption: Revealing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary through Mindful Engagement 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Relationships: Forming Authentic and Positive Bonds 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Purpose: Meaning and Commitment are the Path to Joyful Leadership 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 The Balanced Approach: SHARP and Cascading Success 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III How to Change—And Stay Changed 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Obstacles—and Pathways—to Lasting Behavioral Change: Neuroplasticity and the Possibility of Joyful Transformation 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Creating New, Durable Pathways to Joyful Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Making SHARP Changes 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Finale: The 10X Effect Revisited and Becoming the Sum Total of Who You are 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 215\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866392310103,"sku":"9781119313007","price":19.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119313007.jpg?v=1722278434","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-joy-of-leadership-9781119313007","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}