Leadership and Mindful Behavior [electronic resource] : Action, Wakefulness, and Business /
Marques, J.author.
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.
Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Introduction; 1 An Expanded View of Leadership; Leadership: A Foundational View; Personal Relationship; Punctuality; Preparedness; Implementing Leadership; Some Leadership Responsibilities; Summary; Questions; 2 The Problem of "Sleepwalking"; Sleepwalking: What, How, and When; Effects of Sleepwalking; Keeping Track of Sleepwalking; Summary; Questions; 3 The Value of Respect; Respect: An Awakened Mindset; Earning Respect; Respect and Awareness; The Art of Gaining Respect from Others; Respect and Ethics; Respect and Sleepwalking; Summary
Questions4 Engaging in Self-Reflection: A Deeper Look Within; Do You Know Where You're Going to?; Reflecting on Our Actions and Perspectives; Choice and Character; Taking More Ownership; Self-Reflection and Sleepwalking; Summary; Questions; 5 Mental Models and Reality; Mental Models: Our View of the World; Some Foundations of Mental Models; Mental Models in Personal Life; Mental Models in Professional Life; Gaining Awareness of Mental Models; Mental Models and Sleepwalking; Summary; Questions; 6 The Changing Nature of Our Dreams; Change: The Constant Factor in Our Life; Personal Change
Organizational ChangeChange and Renewal; Engaging in Self-Renewal; Accepting Change and Moving On; Change and Sleepwalking; Summary; Questions; 7 Continuous Evolution as a Human Trait; Continuous Evolution: A Personal Process; Physical Evolution; Mental Evolution; Constant Death, Constant Rebirth; Paradigm Shifts through Personal Change; Internal Change and Sleepwalking; Summary; Questions; 8 The Value of Broadening Our Mindset; About Our Horizons; Relational and Non-Relational Self-Expansion; A Deeper Look into Some Horizon-Enlarging Activities; The Value of Broadening Our Mindset
Broadening Our Mindset and SleepwalkingSummary; Questions; 9 Why Soft Skills Are Critical; What Today's Employees Are Looking For; A Closer Look at Soft Skills; Leadership, Education, and Soft Skills; Soft Skills and Sleepwalking; Summary; Questions; 10 Maintaining Wakeful Leadership; Becoming and Staying Awake; Focus; Focus; Open Mind; Care; Understand; Serenity; Focus and Sleepwalking; Summary; Questions; Notes; Index
Includes index.
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.
Leadership.
Personnel management.
Office management.
Management.
Economics.
Management science.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Human Resource Management.
Office Management.
Management.
Economics, general.