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Self-Leadership

The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence

By: Christopher P. Neck,Charles C. Manz,Jeffery D. Houghton

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Self-Leadership

The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence

By: Christopher P. Neck,Charles C. Manz,Jeffery D. Houghton

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.

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1544324324

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The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus

Practical Lessons for Today

By: Charles C. Manz

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The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus

Practical Lessons for Today

By: Charles C. Manz

In this new edition of the bestselling classic, Charles Manz doesn't look to Jesus's teachings to support preconceived theories of how a manager should lead but approaches the New Testament with an open mind to see what insights it reveals for today's business world. What he finds are powerful lessons that will inspire you—no matter what your religious background—to maintain integrity, live on a higher plane, and ultimately achieve your personal and professional goals. The third edition is updated throughout and includes several new examples and a self-assessment chapter designed to encourage self-examination and personal reflection. Remarkably contemporary and welcoming to all readers, this book will challenge you to evaluate your own leadership style and to consider time-tested spiritual wisdom that can make you more enlightened and more effective.

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1609940059

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Self-Leadership

The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence

By: Christopher P. Neck,Charles C. Manz,Jeffery D. Houghton

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Self-Leadership

The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence

By: Christopher P. Neck,Charles C. Manz,Jeffery D. Houghton

Written by the scholars who first developed the theory of self-leadership, 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, then you will 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 strengthen their own personal effectiveness. 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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1544324316

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The Wisdom of Solomon at Work

Ancient Virtues for Living and Leading Today

By: Charles C. Manz,Karen P. Manz,Robert D. Marx,Chris P. Neck

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The Wisdom of Solomon at Work

Ancient Virtues for Living and Leading Today

By: Charles C. Manz,Karen P. Manz,Robert D. Marx,Chris P. Neck

The author of "The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus" now ponders the timeless lessons, spiritual views, symbols, and icons of the Old Testament and how they relate to readers' professional lives.

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157675085X

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The New SuperLeadership

Leading Others to Lead Themselves

By: Charles C. Manz,Henry P. Sims

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The New SuperLeadership

Leading Others to Lead Themselves

By: Charles C. Manz,Henry P. Sims

The truly effective leader today must be one who leads others to lead themselves. The rapid pace of change demands fast and flexible responses throughout the organization-there's no time to wait for directives from the top. And the highly-skilled workers so vital to organizational success also demand a high degree of independence. Old-fashioned command-and-control leadership is just too slow and stifling. Charles Manz and Henry Sims, Jr. pioneered the concept self-leadership in their bestselling book SuperLeadership. In The New SuperLeadership, the authors present new content and examples designed to help leaders develop the kind of autonomous, quick-reacting workforce necessary to thrive in these turbulent times. This enriched and expanded edition takes the concepts in the first edition to another level by emphasizing a pragmatic, how-to approach for developing leaders at every level of the organization. Drawing on contemporary examples and profiles, many from the high-tech and information sectors, Manz and Sims shatter the myth of the traditional, aggrandized versions of "heroic" leadership. They show that a leader truly becomes successful by turning followers into extraordinary self-leaders-pillars of strength that will support the organization at every level. They detail a series of action-oriented steps through which the SuperLeader provides an opportunity for followers to express and develop their own leadership skills-and in the process become highly motivated, dynamic contributors. The New SuperLeadership critically reviews traditional leadership styles, vividly illustrating the drawbacks of each: the "Strong Man" whose reliance on fear-based compliance smothers initiative; the "Transactor" who promotes a narrow "what's in it for me?" mentality; and the "Visionary Hero" whose powerful personality inspires commitment but inadvertently discourages independent thinking. By bringing out the leader in every employee, SuperLeadership enables leaders to avoid these pitfalls and develop an enthusiastic, innovative and energized workforce. The New SuperLeadership is a radically new way of looking at leadership, offering a leadership paradigm ideally suited to the realities of the modern workplace. It reveals that the only way to succeed today is to tap into the innate leadership potential that lies within every employee.

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1609943686

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Share, Don’t Take the Lead

By: Craig L. Pearce,Charles C. Manz,Henry P. Sims

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Share, Don’t Take the Lead

By: Craig L. Pearce,Charles C. Manz,Henry P. Sims

Share, Don’t Take the Lead is a book that offers an alternative perspective on leadership. The philosophy of shared leadership is straightforward: Leadership does not derive solely from position, authority, or hierarchy. Instead, leadership is something that can be executed by anyone who has the best knowledge or skill to undertake the leadership necessary in any given situation. Shared leadership is especially relevant, for example, in empowered teams where shared leadership can be initiated from any team member at any time, depending on the needs of the moment and the capabilities of the individuals. But the notion of shared leadership is also appropriate in a larger context. For example, an individual lower in the hierarchy can provide leadership if that person is best qualified to exercise it. Shared leadership also shows how hierarchical leaders with formal authority can use empowerment to develop leadership in others. This book tells the tales of how multiple trail blazing organizations used shared leadership to build high performance. The notion of shared leadership seems to contradict many of the bedrock ideas of efficient management and effective organizations. A typical first reaction is, “It’ll never work here!” Yet, the organizations that “get it” and implement this new powerful approach tend to be more innovative and to out-perform their “nay-sayer” competitors. In fact, shared leadership is one of the most important ideas to hit business in recent years—our recent feature article about shared leadership in the Wall Street Journal is testimony to that. Shared leadership can provide a way for companies to increase productivity, quality, and flexibility while meeting the competitiveness challenge. Share the Lead provides new insights and information about how to push the organizational envelope to new frontiers.

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IAP

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1623964776

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The Power of Failure

27 Ways to Turn Life's Setbacks into Success

By: Charles C. Manz

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The Power of Failure

27 Ways to Turn Life's Setbacks into Success

By: Charles C. Manz

The acclaimed author and leadership expert offers inspiration and practical advice on finding the opportunities within life’s obstacles. “Failure” is one of the most dreaded words in the English language. The very idea of failing causes many of us to simply pack up and retreat without even trying. Yet it is through seeming failure that most of life's greatest successes are achieved. In The Power of Failure, Charles Manz provides simple yet profound ways to turn what appear to be failures into the essential steppingstones of achievement. The Power of Failure offers both inspiration and advice on how failure can provide us with the foundation for long-term success. Along with real-life stories and examples, it contains practical prescriptions for meeting some of life's most common setbacks. These lessons help us take advantage of the opportunities hidden within life’s daily challenges, and show us how we can fail to succeed.

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1609943740

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Emotional Discipline

The Power to Choose How You Feel; 5 Life Changing Steps to Feeling Better Every Day

By: Charles C. Manz

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Emotional Discipline

The Power to Choose How You Feel; 5 Life Changing Steps to Feeling Better Every Day

By: Charles C. Manz

Learn to assess and control your emotional reactions in any situation with the easy-to-learn process in this practical guide. Emotions sometimes get the better of everyone, but there are ways to maintain self-control even in the most challenging moments. In Emotional Discipline, you’ll learn to cope with a stressful and sometimes threatening world and manage one of the most challenging aspects of the human condition: the constant emotional fluctuations that color your experience of life and limit your personal effectiveness. Charles Manz outlines a simple yet effective five-stage emotional discipline process that allows you to choose how you feel. He also describes a variety of mental, physical, and spiritual practices that supplement and strengthen that process. Using the steps and strategies in Emotional Discipline will help you respond to your feelings in the present, prepare for emotional challenges in the future, and live a happier, more fulfilling life.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1609943406

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Temporary Sanity

Instant Self-leadership Strategies for Turbulent Times

By: Charles C. Manz

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Temporary Sanity

Instant Self-leadership Strategies for Turbulent Times

By: Charles C. Manz

Finding peace, calm, and sanity when you need them most - right now! bull; bull;Overworked? Overstressed? Overwhelmed? You need this book - today! bull;Mental, physical, and spiritual strategies that work: simple, potent, practical, and immediate. bull;Live your life in the moment - and lose the fear and anger that cripple you.

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0131470221

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Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office

Eight Strategies for Winning in Business Without Being a Jerk

By: Russ C. Edelman,Timothy R. Hiltabiddle,Charles C. Manz

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Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office

Eight Strategies for Winning in Business Without Being a Jerk

By: Russ C. Edelman,Timothy R. Hiltabiddle,Charles C. Manz

How to succeed without being an SOB—or a pushover Many people suffer from Nice Guy Syndrome, held back from higher levels of success by being too selfless at work. It’s a tricky problem, because if you start to think that being nice is bad, it’s easy to overcompensate with selfishness, intimidation, and intense aggression. The founders of Nice Guy Strategies teach that nice is not about being weak or soft—that you can hang on to your morals, compassion, and sincerity and still get ahead. The key is to draw on eight practical strategies— The Nice Guy Bill of Rights—that will help you find the right balance. Each chapter shares insights and stories from both ordinary nice guys and celebrity executives.

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1440633797

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The Virtuous Organization

Insights from Some of the World's Leading Management Thinkers

By: Charles C. Manz

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The Virtuous Organization

Insights from Some of the World's Leading Management Thinkers

By: Charles C. Manz

This book focuses on a new and emerging, yet as old as recorded history, organizational concern: virtue. Virtue has recently become a topic of serious examination among organizational researchers and progressive companies who are exploring their role in creating new, more holistic, healthy, and humane work environments. With interdisciplinary insights by many of the world''s leading management thinkers, the book includes conceptual treatments, empirical research, and actual cases concerning virtuous behavior and leadership under conditions of crises, and ordinary and exemplary times.Until recently, scholarly research paid scant attention to virtue, especially in organizations. The pursuit of virtue, as opposed to the bottom line, remained outside the acceptable domain of practising managers faced with economic pressures and stakeholder demands. Concepts such as efficiency, return on investment (ROI), and competitive advantage were emphasized over more virtuous concerns such as caring, compassion, integrity and wisdom. The Virtuous Organization fills this void by presenting paradigm-shifting insights of leading scholars that have the potential to change the face of management thinking and practice for both this and future generations.

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World Scientific

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981281860X

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9789812818607

Fit to Lead

The Proven 8-Week Solution for Shaping Up Your Body, Your Mind, and Your Career

By: Christopher P. Neck,Tedd L. Mitchell,Charles C. Manz,Emmet C. Thompson

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Fit to Lead

The Proven 8-Week Solution for Shaping Up Your Body, Your Mind, and Your Career

By: Christopher P. Neck,Tedd L. Mitchell,Charles C. Manz,Emmet C. Thompson

A proven program to help busy executives get Fit to Lead. Are you a leader at work, at the expense of your health? Did you give up exercise after college, and stop watching your diet when you made it to senior partner? Are too little sleep, fast food, and a hectic, catch-up lifestyle all you allow yourself? This proven, simple program is based on the sound principles that have helped thousands of top executives, including President George W. Bush, get - and stay - in shape. The results are not just looking and feeling better, but performing better on the job, becoming a more effective leader, and inspiring others to follow your lead.

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1466864338

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Twisted Leadership

How to Engage the Full Talents of Everyone in Your Organization

By: Charles C. Manz,Craig L. Pearce

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Twisted Leadership

How to Engage the Full Talents of Everyone in Your Organization

By: Charles C. Manz,Craig L. Pearce

Discover a new way of thinking about leadership – learn how anyone, at any level of an organization, can be a leader. Today’s business, political, and not-for-profit worlds are plagued by a leadership disease – the overly simplistic view of leadership as something that resides in one person, or a few people, who influence lower-level subordinates. This wrong-headed view of leadership is dangerous – it fosters corruption, abuse of power, and the waste of human talent. Twisted Leadership offers a cure for this leadership disease. The book shows you that leadership is a dynamic, complex social process, not just a role occupied by an individual at the top. You’ll learn how to combine four practical strategies – self, super, shared, and socially responsible leadership – to create a new kind leadership that can be exchanged among all members of an organization based on the context, goals, knowledge, experience, or general needs of everyone involved. It’s the ultimate cure for the leadership disease. Learn: How the leadership disease was originally contracted what damage it can do Why today’s common approaches to leadership practice aren’t good enough How to view leadership as a process, not just a role How to use the four strategies of twisted leadership to treat the disease The book concludes with prescriptions to facilitate sustainable twisted leadership. You’ll discover how the lines between leaders and followers (who often know more and are in a better position to exercise leadership over themselves and others at key points in work processes) have become blurred. And after reading this book, you’ll see that a new kind of leadership has arrived, just in time.

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Maven House Press

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1938548876

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The Power of Failure

27 Ways to Turn Life's Setbacks Into Success

By: Charles Manz

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The Power of Failure

27 Ways to Turn Life's Setbacks Into Success

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Failure"" is one of the most dreaded words in the English language. The very idea of failing is enough to stop most people in their tracks. It can cause the majority to simply pack up, turn around and retreat without even trying. Yet it is through seeming failure that most of life's greatest successes are achieved. The Power of Failure is designed to provide simple yet profound ways to turn what appear to be failures into successes. It contains practical prescriptions for successfully meeting some of life's most common setbacks. The lessons of this book can help us all find the opportunities that are just waiting to be discovered in the challenges we face every day. This book is about failure, but failure in a whole new light. It is about how to Fail To Succeed.

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The Power of Failure

27 Ways to Turn Life's Setbacks into Success

By: Charles C. Manz

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27 Ways to Turn Life's Setbacks into Success

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The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus

Practical Lessons for Today

By: Charles C. Manz

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The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus

Practical Lessons for Today

By: Charles C. Manz

Like the best-selling Jesus: CEO, this powerful book draws on the teachings of Christ to inspire business leaders. Unlike that book, however, The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus focuses on practical, interpersonal management skills rather than visionary leadership. Charles Manz shows managers how to motivate and empower employees every day using the wisdom of Jesus.

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1576750663

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Emotional Discipline

The Power to Choose how You Feel : 5 Life Changing Steps to Feeling Better Every Day

By: Charles C. Manz

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Emotional Discipline

The Power to Choose how You Feel : 5 Life Changing Steps to Feeling Better Every Day

By: Charles C. Manz

The author of Mastering Self-Leadership presents a realistic guide to living and working with a feeling of pleasure and empowerment, arguing that each individual must take responsibility for their own feelings and explaining how to fill an emotional reservoir for later use, react in a balanced way to emotionally challenging situations, and deal effectively with challenges. Original.

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1576752305

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Business Without Bosses

How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High- Performing Companies

By: Charles C. Manz,Henry P. Sims

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Business Without Bosses

How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High- Performing Companies

By: Charles C. Manz,Henry P. Sims

The Truth About Teams "If you're considering self-managing teams for your own business, Business Without Bosses should be on your reading list." —Managing Office Technology "Anyone who wants to become or stay a manager needs to master this book's practical and philosophical lessons." —Allan R. Cohen Vice President, Academic Affairs, Babson College and author, The Portable MBA in Management and Influence without Authority "The 'real-world' case studies will appeal to executives who need answers, not theory, about self-managed teams." —William Band Vice President, Rath & Strong, Inc., management consultants and the author of Creating Value for Customers and Touchstones This insider's tour shows you how organizations including Texas Instruments, IDS Financial Services, and W. L. Gore & Associates have discarded the old concept of "boss" and flourished with a new and effective team management style. Charles C. Manz, Ph.D. and Henry P. Sims, Jr., Ph.D., the authors of SuperLeadership, use real-world examples of success and failure to guide you through the intricacies of teamwork in a variety of service and manufacturing settings and in all stages of development.

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Wiley

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0471577006

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9780471577003

Fit to Lead

The Proven 8-Week Solution for Shaping Up Your Body, Your Mind, and Your Career

By: Christopher P. Neck,Tedd L. Mitchell,Charles C. Manz,Emmet C. Thompson

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Fit to Lead

The Proven 8-Week Solution for Shaping Up Your Body, Your Mind, and Your Career

By: Christopher P. Neck,Tedd L. Mitchell,Charles C. Manz,Emmet C. Thompson

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