The executive and the elephant: a leader's guide for achieving inner excellence

Kings, heads of government, and corporate executives have control over thousands of people and endless resources, but often they do not have mastery over themselves. People know that right action is important, but they do not understand how their mental intention works. There seems to be a constant struggle within us between the part that knows what to do and the part of us that resistsdoing it. Professor Daft has written this book to help people understand thisstruggle and direct themselves more productively. He has spent several years studying the psychological and management research findings about the intentional vs. the habitual mind and posits the dilemma as a struggle between instinct (as embodied by the elephant) and the creative mind (as embodied by the Executive). In this book, Daft draws on research from psychology, social psychology, management, Eastern spirituality, dozens of great examples from managers inhis classes and from his consulting experiences, and his own experience. Daftaims to address the problems managers face and provide realistic solutions toboth their personal struggles as well as ways managers can help manage the intentions of others--that is, how to trigger right behavior from others insteadof making things worse.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-37226-5
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés