Sustaining Executive Performance: How the New Self-Management Drives Innovation, Leadership, and a More Resilient World - Couverture rigide

MacGregor, Steven P.

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ISBN 10 : 0133987000 ISBN 13 : 9780133987003

Editeur : Pearson FT Press, 2015

Synopsis

Thousands of executives have discovered a powerful truth: the best way to improve your performance is to improve your health and well being. Now, top executive coach Steven MacGregor helps you leverage this truth in your life and your business.

 

MacGregor brings together breakthrough insights and techniques he's honed through seven years pioneering the internationally-renowned Sustaining Executive Performance (SEP) program, and working with hundreds of leading executives worldwide. In Sustaining Executive Performance, he reveals the profound connections between living a more sustainable, happy, and productive life and improving your organization on metrics ranging from innovation to resilience.

 

MacGregor addresses core business themes including design thinking, continuous innovation, and corporate social responsibility. Next, he shows how to apply all five elements of the SEP program in your own life: MOVE, RECOVER, FOCUS, FUEL, and TRAIN. Finally, he offers specific guidance for changing your own habits in areas ranging from sleep to meetings and communication.

 

Throughout you'll find interviews with leading executives and experts. Each interview offers specific takeaways you can use to become a more effective leader — and a more fulfilled human being.

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À propos de l'auteur

Steven P. MacGregor, PhD, is Founder of The LAB (Leadership Academy of Barcelona), which helps to develop talent from the world’s top enterprises in the fields of executive health and performance, design thinking, and sustainable innovation. Since 2010, he has worked with more than 5,000 executives from around the globe, through talks, workshops, and coaching, and has taught more than 250 classes at the best-ranked business schools and universities, including IESE, IMD, CEIBS, and Pompeu Fabra. An international-level duathlete, he has trained with Olympic athletes, Tour de France cyclists, and Ironman champions. A native of Motherwell, Scotland, he lives in Barcelona with his wife, Pamela, and sheepdog, Harry, and can be found on a frequent basis running up and down the mountain overlooking the city.

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Better executive health drives business performance and a stronger society. Now, business school professor and executive coach Steven P. MacGregor helps you leverage this truth in your life and your business.

 

MacGregor shares breakthrough insights and techniques he’s honed through seven years of pioneering the world-renowned Sustaining Executive Performance (SEP) program and working with thousands of top executives worldwide. He reveals the profound connections between living a healthier, happier, and more productive life, and improving your organization on metrics ranging from innovation to resilience.

 

MacGregor addresses core business themes including design thinking, continuous innovation, and corporate social responsibility. Next, he shows how to apply all five elements of the SEP program in your own life: MOVE, RECOVER, FOCUS, FUEL, and TRAIN. Finally, he shows how the logic of individual action drives value at the business and societal levels, value that can be attained through small changes in your own life.

 

Throughout, you’ll find interviews with leading executives and experts and deep insights that connect the old and new world—from Ancient Chinese and Greek philosophy to the founding of the Modern Olympic Games to contemporary visionaries, such as Buckminster Fuller and Peter Drucker. Cutting-edge research and contemporary business cases complement such timeless wisdom and make it actionable for the modern-day manager.

What Aristotle, Plato, Confucius, and de Coubertin knew, and we forgot
You can’t excel only from the neck up
Better management and leadership begins with yourself
Get beyond pop guru soundbites to your deepest human needs
Lead in the Triple Lens of Sustainability
Hardwire personal sustainability to the business case and societal strength
Become a sustainable leader and recognize the responsibility you have for others
Reengineer your day-to-day. Find your marginal gain. Become a hacker

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson FT Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0133987000
• ISBN 13: 9780133987003
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible