Egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset or Most Expensive Liability - Couverture rigide

Marcum, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1416533230 ISBN 13 : 9781416533238

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Questions
Arrogant, self-centered, stubborn, and insecure -- words that most people associate with ego. But in this original, eye-opening work, authors David Marcum and Steven Smith argue that the upside of ego is as powerful as the downside and answer questions about ego that have been a mystery to most people.

In his landmark book, Good to Great, Jim Collins showed that one of two key traits defined leaders who transformed organizations from good to great: humility. But if humility is so powerful, why don't more of us have it? Why does ego allow us to reach good results but never great ones, unless balanced by humility? Why do we need ego to personally succeed, while having it often interferes with the success we pursue?

The Answers
Using five years of exhaustive research, Marcum and Smith provide compelling evidence and matter-of-fact answers on striking the balance between ego and humility to reach the next level of leadership. The authors include case studies to illustrate how ego subtly interferes with success but also how ego sparks the drive to achieve, the nerve to try something new, and the tenacity to conquer adversity.

The Early Warning Signs
We all have moments when ego costs us everything from an honest conversation to a job or promotion. Through cross-disciplinary research, egonomics reveals how to detect four early warning signs that ego is becoming a liability, including how:

• being too competitive makes you less competitive

• defending ideas turns into defending yourself

• winning ideas can be halted by the creator's own intelligence and talent

• desiring respect and recognition can interfere with success

The Keys to Egonomic Health
Three key principles keep ego healthy:

• humility: striking the crucial balance between too much ego and not enough

• curiosity: blending free thinking and discipline without bias

• veracity: removing fear of giving or getting feedback to produce water-cooler honesty

With a clear focus on elevating the way you do business, egonomics is a liberating approach to becoming a rare and respected leader.

Revue de presse

Egonomics Quotes
'Smith and Marcum have written [...] a serious primer on what it means to be a decent, successful human being. It's not so much about ego, it's about a balanced and constructive approach to life.'
- Stefan Stern, Management Today
'What a brilliant and vitally important book! So true and so pragmatically necessary. Ego is the opposite of conscience. It never sleeps. It micromanages and disempowers. Ego interprets all of life through its own agenda. It is only when conscience and humility tame ego and channel its strength that it can be used for good. Then, humble confidence and the ambition only to significantly contribute matter, which in turn produce constant improvement cultures and synergistic relationships. Integrity then becomes a higher value than loyalty, in fact becomes the essence of true loyalty.'
- Stephan R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
'egonomics is a very interesting and unique approach to helping people learn to steer their behaviour more productively in the workplace. It is certain to be widely used, especially now that so many businesses understand that their primary competitive advantage is people and culture.'
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ph. D., professor, Harvard Business School, and bestselling author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End
'I love this book. From Freud to modern neuroscience, we've been told that it's our ego, the monitor of good and bad judgement and decision making, that determines our fate and future. This book reveals in depth and originality how to deploy this basic force for self-development and for the common good. A book every leader should read.'
- Dr Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California, and author of On Becoming a Leader and coauthor of Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values and Defining Moments Shape Leaders
'Finally a book that tackles the toughest problem in business today: the inflated egos of the players, especially top management. Marcum and Smith deliver a wealth of helpful advice on how to deal with your own ego as well as the egos of those you work with. A brilliant and badly-needed book.'
- Al Ries, coauthor of The Origin of Brands

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1416533230
• ISBN 13: 9781416533238
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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