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Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
Friedman, Stewart D.Article HBS-R0804H-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Work fills most executives' lives to the brim, leaving insufficient time for their families, their communities, and themselves. But Wharton professor Friedman suggests that, rather than view the problem as a set of trade-offs, executives use their leadership talen...Starting at €8.20
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Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life (Spanish version)
Friedman, Stewart D.Article HBS-R0804HLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Work fills most executives' lives to the brim, leaving insufficient time for their families, their communities, and themselves. But Wharton professor Friedman suggests that, rather than view the problem as a set of trade-offs, executives use their leadership talen...Starting at €8.20
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Bring the Outside In: Increasing True Urgency by Winning Hearts and Minds
Kotter, John P.Book Chapter HBS-4888BC-ELeadership and People ManagementOrganizations of any size or age tend to be too internally oriented. The disconnect between what insiders see, feel, and think, on the one hand, and external opportunities and hazards, on the other, can be astonishing. This inside-outside gap always reduces an organization's sense of urgency, and must be diminished if organizations hope to implement change successfully. This chapter is excerpted from "A Sense of Urgency."Starting at €8.20
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Your Total Leadership Coaching Network
Friedman, Stewart D.Book Chapter HBS-4580BC-EBeing in a coaching network enhances the value of your Total Leadership experience. This chapter offers tips and ideas to help you and your friends, colleagues, and family members use some basic coaching concepts and methods to make the most of a Total Leadership program. This chapter is excerpted from "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life."Starting at €8.20
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Work + Home + Community + Self
Friedman, Stewart D.Article HBS-R1409K-EStressed out. Overcommitted. Distracted. This is how many people feel today. Everyone is struggling to have meaningful work, domestic bliss, community engagement, and a satisfying inner life. But committing to better work/life balance isn't the answer. It assumes you must make trade-offs among the four main aspects of your life: work, home, community, and self. A more realistic and gratifying goal is better integration through "four-way wins," wh...Starting at €8.20
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Clarify What's Important to You: Leadership with Authenticity
Friedman, Stewart D.Book Chapter HBS-4573BC-EThe essence of acting with authenticity is in knowing what you care about and then doing your best to be true to these values and aspirations. The exercises you'll do in this chapter will help you articulate these most important aspects of your life's purpose, and provide the foundation for the journey to Total Leadership. This chapter is excerpted from "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life."Starting at €8.20
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Keep Urgency Up: Creating a Culture that is Conducive to Continuous Change
Kotter, John P.Book Chapter HBS-4892BC-ELeadership and People ManagementAn organization that can sustain a high sense of urgency over time has the potential to become a high-performance machine, where results go from good to great and beyond. But sustaining urgency over time requires that it not only be created, and created well, but that it be re-created again and again, becoming firmly ingrained in an organization's culture. This chapter is excerpted from "A Sense of Urgency."Starting at €8.20
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Bring Others Along With You: Leading Change with Creativity
Friedman, Stewart D.Book Chapter HBS-4578BC-EThere are bound to be all kinds of what-ifs and resistance when you are beginning to enact a change. If you don't deal with them effectively, they will destroy your initiative. This chapter explores how to find the courage to overcome the obstacles, both internal and external, that leaders face when trying to create meaningful change in their worlds. This chapter is excerpted from "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life."Starting at €8.20
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Respect the Whole Person: Leadership with Integrity
Friedman, Stewart D.Book Chapter HBS-4575BC-ETo be whole is to live a life in which the parts are integrated in a way that makes sense and has coherence. Effective leaders tap into the integrity of a well-designed structure or system by recognizing and respecting all aspects of life, maintaining boundaries that enable the productive effort in each domain while taking advantage of the resources from one by applying it in others. This chapter is excerpted from "Total Leadership: Be a Better ...Starting at €8.20
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Talk to Your Stakeholders: Leadership with Integrity
Friedman, Stewart D.Book Chapter HBS-4576BC-ETo be a better leader and have a richer life, you have to continually practice the art of meaningful conversation with those you hope to inspire. This chapter considers how to use different forms of communication to connect with the key stakeholders in the different domains of your life, and prepares you for conducting dialogues with each to verify your assumptions and leverage different perspectives. This chapter is excerpted from "Total Leader...Starting at €8.20