The Happy Leader

The Happy Leader
Author: Shawn Sukhraj Johal
Publisher: Leaders Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-05-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781637350515

Are you a leader seeking happiness? You must read this modern fable from business (and happiness!) coach Shawn Johal. "Through his brilliant storytelling, we can see ourselves, the decisions we make and the choices that impact our happiness." - Robert Glazer, author of Elevate LEADERS! ARE YOU TRULY HAPPY? The Happy Leader, written by highly regarded entrepreneur, happiness and business coach Shawn Johal, is a life-changing story about human transformation—from the triumph over grief, despair, and frustration to the powerful healing brought on by forgiveness. Warning! The Happy Leader can revolutionize your life by opening your heart and mind to new possibilities, a fresh perspective, and the inspiration to take action. You might even find yourself signing up for a marathon! Here’s what you’re getting yourself into: · Relate to the struggles each of the characters face every day, especially when those struggles feel familiar. · Meet the mystic-like character Ravi and see how a single person can make a difference to many lives. · Discover how meditation and other techniques can impact your life almost immediately once you commit yourself to it. · See empathy and forgiveness at work in this story and how they are essential to happiness and healing. · Witness the power of daily routine and productive habits in action to give you an extraordinary amount of freedom and energy to do things you love. · Discover how to use hard physical challenges—such as running every day—to strengthen not only the body but also the mind. · See how resolve and discipline can light the path toward transformation and happiness. · Dive into the included Happiness Guide, which lists and discusses the psychological and philosophical concepts used in the story. The Happy Leader, at its heart, is a story that tells us happiness and success are within our reach and all we need is for someone to nudge us in the right direction. Don’t miss out on the Happy Leader revolution - grab a copy for yourself and your friends!

Be a Happy Leader

Be a Happy Leader
Author: Tia Graham
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2022-01-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1631955918

America and the Western world are facing an epidemic of disengaged, unhappy, and burnt-out leaders and in Be a Happy Leader, Tia Graham utilizes her knowledge of positive psychology and unique 8-step business methodology to help leaders lead positively, put their people first, and create engaged teams leading to higher productivity and profit.

Bankable Leadership

Bankable Leadership
Author: Tasha Eurich
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 162634020X

“If I relentlessly drive my team to achieve our goals, they won’t like me.” “If I try to make everybody on the team happy, we won’t hit our numbers.” As a leader, you’ve likely felt this fundamental tension—the tension between driving results and developing positive relationships with your people. Despite all the research telling us that effective leaders do both, most of us struggle to balance the happiness of our teams and the health of the bottom line. We are more comfortable focusing on one or the other, and we feel overwhelmed and drained by the challenges we face when we try to accomplish both. In Bankable Leadership, psychologist, executive coach, and proud leadership geek Dr. Tasha Eurich (or Dr. T) solves this dilemma and reveals how to make leadership exhilarating, fun, and fulfilling. Built on decades of research and the transformation of real leaders, her fresh, practical model can help anyone become bankable—producing results while fostering a healthy work environment that ensures sustainable success. Discover how to • Be human and drive performance, • Be helpful and drive responsibility, • Be thankful and drive improvement, and • Be happy and drive productivity. Dr. T’s approach will help you develop these universally effective behaviors through an online assessment and boots-on-the-ground tools, like earning trust through transparency, treating adults like adults, and taking a no-fear approach to feedback. Whether you’re struggling to build a more productive team, increase confidence in your leadership skills, or consistently deliver results, Bankable Leadership is the resource you’ve been waiting for!

Leaders Eat Last

Leaders Eat Last
Author: Simon Sinek
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101623039

The New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150+ million views). Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders create environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things. In his work with organizations around the world, Simon Sinek noticed that some teams trust each other so deeply that they would literally put their lives on the line for each other. Other teams, no matter what incentives are offered, are doomed to infighting, fragmentation and failure. Why? The answer became clear during a conversation with a Marine Corps general. "Officers eat last," he said. Sinek watched as the most junior Marines ate first while the most senior Marines took their place at the back of the line. What's symbolic in the chow hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: Great leaders sacrifice their own comfort--even their own survival--for the good of those in their care. Too many workplaces are driven by cynicism, paranoia, and self-interest. But the best ones foster trust and cooperation because their leaders build what Sinek calls a "Circle of Safety" that separates the security inside the team from the challenges outside. Sinek illustrates his ideas with fascinating true stories that range from the military to big business, from government to investment banking.

How to Be a Positive Leader

How to Be a Positive Leader
Author: Jane E. Dutton
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014-06-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1626560307

Positive leaders are able to dramatically expand their people's—and their own—capacity for excellence. And they accomplish this without enormous expenditures or huge heroic gestures. Here leading scholars—including Adam Grant, author of the bestselling Give and Take; positive organizational scholarship movement cofounders Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn; and thirteen more—describe how this is being done at companies such as Wells Fargo, Ford, Kelly Services, Burt's Bees, Connecticut's Griffin Hospital, the Michigan-based Zingerman's Community of Businesses, and many others. They show that, like the butterfly in Brazil whose flapping wings create a typhoon in Texas, you can create profound positive change in your organization through simple actions and attitude shifts.

Leading with a Smile

Leading with a Smile
Author: Alex Slavenburg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2021-04
Genre:
ISBN:

Books on leadership describe a wide variety of styles, from servant leadership to situational leadership and from agile to feminine leadership. But is it really that complicated? And has leadership really changed over the years or are employees' basic needs still the same?In this inspiring and practical book from Alex Slavenburg, the central premise is: Wouldn't it be fantastic if managers could adopt "Leading with a smile" as their preferred style? which means that leadership becomes enjoyable, suits you, feels good and is appreciated by the people around you!In Leading with a smile, Slavenburg gives you practical tools that will help you, as a leading person, find that smile within you and bring a smile to the people you lead. Based on more than two decades of own experience in leadership he takes you along to discover the world of being in the lead and influencing others. His approach is based on the positive psychology and will for sure bring a smile on your face while reading the book.

The Joy of Leadership

The Joy of Leadership
Author: Tal Ben-Shahar
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2017-08-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119313007

Think 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 vast—as 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. In 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 are. They’re the team leaders who bring out the best in everyone. They’re the senior managers who drive growth and innovation. They’re the dream bosses, dream partners, and dream colleagues. There’s a good chance you’ve encountered at least one 10X leader in your career—you’re probably thinking of one right now. And you wondered how they did it. Dr. Ben-Shahar and Mr. Ridgway believe they know the answer. They have identified the core characteristics, behaviors, and cognitive styles that all 10X leaders share. Even better, they’ve developed a way for virtually anyone to cultivate those traits and ways of thinking in themselves to become happier, more effective, and more successful. In this powerful new book they describe their revolutionary SHARP (Strength, Health, Absorption, Relationships, and Purpose) program for becoming a 10X leader. They tell you the true stories of people at organizations around the globe who’ve become more effective by learning to use these performance multipliers. And they offer proven strategies for mastering those characteristics and habits for lasting change—the kind of change that can bring you greater fulfilment and success, not just at work, but in every area of your life.

The Positive Leader

The Positive Leader
Author: Jan Mühlfeit
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2016
Genre: Leadership
ISBN:

Discover how to banish stress and negativity, rediscover your best self and become an inspirational leader - starting now. Inspirational leaders: Target strengths, not weaknesses Have a dream Manage energy, not time Put happiness before success Based on cutting edge research, and with truly actionable advice, The Positive Leader shows you how. Former Chairman of Microsoft Europe, Jan Mühlfeit, turns the lessons he's learnt from his years at the coalface of leadership into a 'how to' guide for busy managers.

The Mind of the Leader

The Mind of the Leader
Author: Rasmus Hougaard
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1633693430

Join the global movement that's making corporations more people-centric to achieve great results. The world is facing a global leadership crisis. Seventy-seven percent of leaders think they do a good job of engaging their people, yet 88 percent of employees say their leaders don't engage enough. There is also a high level of suffering in the workplace: 35 percent of employees would forgo a pay raise to see their leaders fired. This is an enormous waste of human talent--despite the fact that $46 billion is spent each year on leadership development. Based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 C-level executives, The Mind of the Leader concludes that organizations and leaders aren't meeting employees' basic human needs of finding meaning, purpose, connection, and genuine happiness in their work. But more than a description of the problem, The Mind of the Leader offers a radical, yet practical, solution. To solve the leadership crisis, organizations need to put people at the center of their strategy. They need to develop managers and executives who lead with three core mental qualities: mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion. Using real-world inspirational examples from Marriott, Accenture, McKinsey & Company, LinkedIn, and many more, The Mind of the Leader shows how this new kind of leadership turns conventional leadership thinking upside down. It represents a radical redefinition of what it takes to be an effective leader--and a practical, hard-nosed solution to every organization's engagement and execution problems.

Leadership Without Easy Answers

Leadership Without Easy Answers
Author: Ronald A. Heifetz
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0674038479

The economy uncertain, education in decline, cities under siege, crime and poverty spiraling upward, international relations roiling: we look to leaders for solutions, and when they don’t deliver, we simply add their failure to our list of woes. In doing do, we do them and ourselves a grave disservice. We are indeed facing an unprecedented crisis of leadership, Ronald Heifetz avows, but it stems as much from our demands and expectations as from any leader’s inability to meet them. His book gets at both of these problems, offering a practical approach to leadership for those who lead as well as those who look to them for answers. Fitting the theory and practice of leadership to our extraordinary times, the book promotes a new social contract, a revitalization of our civic life just when we most need it. Drawing on a dozen years of research among managers, officers, and politicians in the public realm and the private sector, among the nonprofits, and in teaching, Heifetz presents clear, concrete prescriptions for anyone who needs to take the lead in almost any situation, under almost any organizational conditions, no matter who is in charge, His strategy applies not only to people at the top but also to those who must lead without authority—activists as well as presidents, managers as well as workers on the front line.