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Introduction: Embracing Psychological Impasse
Butler, TimothyBook Chapter HBS-7566BC-ELeadership and People ManagementEven if you have the "perfect job," it is still possible to feel miserable and unfulfilled. The first step to fixing psychological impasse is realizing that you have a choice; you don't have to stay in a place that makes you unhappy. For those who choose to fully experience impasse life will prove more challenging and, at the same time, more authentic. This chapter is excerpted from "Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths."Starting at €8.20
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Facing Crisis: The Source of Psychological Impasse
Butler, TimothyBook Chapter HBS-7587BC-ELeadership and People ManagementYou can't overcome psychological impasse until you identify the source. To find that source, you must be willing to examine the feelings that come along with impasse, although that might be daunting. Once impasse is understood as a necessary crisis, it is possible to look at such tough times as opportunities to reclaim meaning in your daily life. This chapter is excerpted from "Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths."Starting at €8.20
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Feeling Stuck and Doubting Ourselves: The Effect of the Past on Your Present Life
Butler, TimothyBook Chapter HBS-7588BC-ELeadership and People ManagementAs psychological impasse deepens, it brings with it unresolved issues from the past. Ghosts - your past self, the overbearing parent, etc. - that you pushed to the back of your mind rear up, causing you to doubt yourself and your path in life. This chapter includes an exercise to help you acknowledge these ghosts so that you can finally banish them. This chapter is excerpted from "Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths."Starting at €8.20
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Mapping Our Insights: Patterns in the Sand--Finding Your Motivation
Butler, TimothyBook Chapter HBS-7595BC-ELeadership and People ManagementIn order to overcome psychological impasse, you must understand the social motivators that operate most powerfully in your life. With the help of the author's Motivation Map, you will learn how to better understand yourself. By revealing the inner workings of your mind you can make more informed choices in both your personal and work life. This chapter is excerpted from "Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths."Starting at €8.20
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Moving From Impasse to Action: How to Decide Which Path to Take
Butler, TimothyBook Chapter HBS-7596BC-ELeadership and People ManagementWhile experiencing psychological impasse, you may find yourself faced with many possible choices--choices that might deeply conflict with one another. This chapter outlines steps you can take to ensure that the choice you eventually make is the most fitting and beneficial one for you, along with exercises to make the process as smooth as possible. This chapter is excerpted from "Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths."Starting at €8.20
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Sustaining Competitive Advantage: Competitive Strategy
Ly, Bryan S.; Vroom, GovertTechnical Note SMN-679-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementIn "Value Creation & Capture", we discussed how firms gain competitive advantage and create value by making choices and trade-offs, allowing them to capture more value than rivals, and hence, generate greater profit. This note focuses on the internal analysis of a firm, concentrating on how a firm can combat imitation by utilizing its unique resources, capabilities, and core competencies. This resource-based approach emphasizes that the key to pr...Starting at €8.20
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Competitive dynamics: Competitive Strategy
Ly, Bryan S.; Vroom, GovertTechnical Note SMN-680-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis technical note will discuss some of the main strategies firms employ in close competition with other firms and how game theory can be used to help shape a firm's competitive strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Competitive dynamics
Ly, Bryan S.; Vroom, GovertTechnical Note SMN-680Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEn la presente nota técnica se comentarán algunas de las principales estrategias que emplean las compañías con una gran rivalidad con otras empresas y cómo la teoría de juegos se puede utilizar para dar forma a la estrategia competitiva de las organizaciones.Starting at €8.20
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Value Creation and Capture: Competitive Strategy
Ly, Bryan S.; Vroom, GovertTechnical Note SMN-678-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis note introduces the basic concepts of value creation and value capture, which are used as the building blocks for many other concepts, tools, and frameworks in Competitive Strategy. Defining these concepts allows us to think and talk more precisely about Competitive Strategy. They also allow us to make progress in our understanding of what strategies might actually work, and which are doomed to fail. In this note, we will also define some ot...Starting at €8.20
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Shifting to a New Understanding: Changing the Way You See Your Life
Butler, TimothyBook Chapter HBS-7590BC-ELeadership and People ManagementAn impasse is life's way of telling you to slow down and examine the themes and tensions in your life; you're missing something vital and the time has come to find it. You can do this by shifting to a deeper and more intuitive mode of understanding. This chapter includes multiple exercises that will help you reach that new level of self-awareness. This chapter is excerpted from "Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths."Starting at €8.20