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The executive and the elephant : a leader's guide for building inner excellence / Richard L. Daft.

By: Daft, Richard L.
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780470372265 (hbk.); 0470372265 (hbk.).Subject(s): LeadershipDDC classification: 658.4092
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Preface. -- Acknowledgments. -- Part One The Two Selves. -- 1. The Problem of Managing Yourself. -- The Conflict Between Knowing and Doing. -- The Universal Failure of Willpower. -- The Divided Self: Executive and Elephant. -- Learning to Lead from Your Inner Executive. -- Purpose of This Book. -- 2. Recognize Your Two Selves. -- Levels of Consciousness. -- Two Voices Within. -- Why Your Mind Is Filled with Automatic Thoughts. -- Unfocused Elephant Mind Versus Focused Executive Presence. -- Small Box Versus Large Mind. -- Part Two Ways You May Mislead or Delude Yourself. -- 3. Three Tendencies That Distort Your Reality. -- Your Internal Judge. -- Your Internal Magician. -- Your Internal Attorney. -- 4. Every Leader's Six Mental Mistakes. -- Reacting Too Quickly. -- Inflexible Thinking. -- Wanting Control. -- Emotional Avoidance and Attraction. -- Exaggerating the Future. -- Chasing the Wrong Gratifications. -- Part Three How to Start Leading Yourself. -- 5. Engage Your Intention. -- Visualize Your Intention. -- Verbalize Your Intention. -- 6. Follow Through on Your Intentions. -- Write Down Your Intentions. -- Set Deadlines. -- Design Tangible Mechanisms. -- 7. Calm Down to Speed Up. -- Get Connected. -- Let It Happen. -- Sit by Your Problem. -- Relax Your Body. -- Calm Your Elephant by Acting the Part or Making a Gentle Request. -- 8. Slow Down to Stop Your Reactions. -- Stop and Think. -- Stop Interrupting. -- Detach from your Emotions and Impulses. -- Just Say No. -- Employ Punishment. -- Part Four Become Aware of Your Inner Resources. -- 9. Get to Know Your Inner Elephant. -- Know Yourself. -- Solicit Feedback. -- Take Advantage of a Setback. -- 10. Expand Your Awareness. -- Review the Day. -- Contemplate Creatively. -- Part Five Reach for the Heights. -- 11. Sharpen Your Concentration. -- Focus Your Attention. -- Focus on Means, Not Ends. -- Slow Down, Look, and Listen. -- Focus on People. -- 12. Develop Your Witness. -- Turn Inward to Develop Your Witness. -- Use Radical Self-Inquiry. -- Who Am I? -- 13. Reprogram Yourself. -- Repeat a Mantra. -- Prayer May Help, but Not the Way You Think. -- 14. Mend Your Mind with Meditation. -- Why Meditate? -- An Easy Way to Start. -- Two Essentials. -- Mindfulness Meditation. -- Try Visual Rather Than Verbal. -- Contemplative Meditation. -- Part Six Can You Lead from a People Frame of Reference? -- 15. Change Your Frame to See People. -- What Is Your Frame? -- From Leading Objects to Leading Humans. -- How to Change Your Frame. -- 16. Change Your Frame to Ask Questions. -- From Answering Questions to Asking Questions. -- In All Things, Consult. -- 17. Living and Leading from Your Inner Executive. -- Higher Consciousness Revisited. -- When Her Mind Went Quiet. -- Answers to Individual Questions. -- Final Thoughts. -- The Author. -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: Preface. -- Acknowledgments. -- Part One The Two Selves. -- 1. The Problem of Managing Yourself. -- The Conflict Between Knowing and Doing. -- The Universal Failure of Willpower. -- The Divided Self: Executive and Elephant. -- Learning to Lead from Your Inner Executive. -- Purpose of This Book. -- 2. Recognize Your Two Selves. -- Levels of Consciousness. -- Two Voices Within. -- Why Your Mind Is Filled with Automatic Thoughts. -- Unfocused Elephant Mind Versus Focused Executive Presence. -- Small Box Versus Large Mind. -- Part Two Ways You May Mislead or Delude Yourself. -- 3. Three Tendencies That Distort Your Reality. -- Your Internal Judge. -- Your Internal Magician. -- Your Internal Attorney. -- 4. Every Leader's Six Mental Mistakes. -- Reacting Too Quickly. -- Inflexible Thinking. -- Wanting Control. -- Emotional Avoidance and Attraction. -- Exaggerating the Future. -- Chasing the Wrong Gratifications. -- Part Three How to Start Leading Yourself. -- 5. Engage Your Intention. -- Visualize Your Intention. -- Verbalize Your Intention. -- 6. Follow Through on Your Intentions. -- Write Down Your Intentions. -- Set Deadlines. -- Design Tangible Mechanisms. -- 7. Calm Down to Speed Up. -- Get Connected. -- Let It Happen. -- Sit by Your Problem. -- Relax Your Body. -- Calm Your Elephant by Acting the Part or Making a Gentle Request. -- 8. Slow Down to Stop Your Reactions. -- Stop and Think. -- Stop Interrupting. -- Detach from your Emotions and Impulses. -- Just Say No. -- Employ Punishment. -- Part Four Become Aware of Your Inner Resources. -- 9. Get to Know Your Inner Elephant. -- Know Yourself. -- Solicit Feedback. -- Take Advantage of a Setback. -- 10. Expand Your Awareness. -- Review the Day. -- Contemplate Creatively. -- Part Five Reach for the Heights. -- 11. Sharpen Your Concentration. -- Focus Your Attention. -- Focus on Means, Not Ends. -- Slow Down, Look, and Listen. -- Focus on People. -- 12. Develop Your Witness. -- Turn Inward to Develop Your Witness. -- Use Radical Self-Inquiry. -- Who Am I? -- 13. Reprogram Yourself. -- Repeat a Mantra. -- Prayer May Help, but Not the Way You Think. -- 14. Mend Your Mind with Meditation. -- Why Meditate? -- An Easy Way to Start. -- Two Essentials. -- Mindfulness Meditation. -- Try Visual Rather Than Verbal. -- Contemplative Meditation. -- Part Six Can You Lead from a People Frame of Reference? -- 15. Change Your Frame to See People. -- What Is Your Frame? -- From Leading Objects to Leading Humans. -- How to Change Your Frame. -- 16. Change Your Frame to Ask Questions. -- From Answering Questions to Asking Questions. -- In All Things, Consult. -- 17. Living and Leading from Your Inner Executive. -- Higher Consciousness Revisited. -- When Her Mind Went Quiet. -- Answers to Individual Questions. -- Final Thoughts. -- The Author. -- Index.