Strategic Pause

Download or read book Strategic Pause written by Don Graumann and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaders are not born. Leaders are made. Leadership is learned. There are plenty of resources focused on leadership development. They include books by leadership experts, videos, and training. While they all share concepts that resonate, most leave you fuzzy on how to make leadership real. They focus on the "what" but not the "how" of leadership. Strategic Pause shows you how to build a Personal Leadership Model that covers both the "what" (the Principles) and the "how" (the Methods) of leadership. It defines leadership in the present (taking Strategic Pauses) and leadership focused on the future (practicing Strategic Management). It helps you put leadership in your own words and discover your leadership style, the "who" of leadership. Strategic Pause is the leadership book that makes leadership real and fast-forwards your leadership growth. The book is named after the method you use to lead in the present. Taking strategic pauses is how you lead in the moment. It is recognizing that you can control your day by controlling your responses to the parade of situations that make up your day. Taking a strategic pause is captured in the subtitle: "Stop. Think. Lead." When the pressure is on, you choose to stay composed. Instead of doing what you have always done, you choose to challenge business-as-usual and select a better path. When evaluating your options, you choose the alternative that best leverages strengths and impacts the big picture. The strategic pause is only one part of Strategic Pause, the leadership book. If you want to grow as a leader, this is the book you have been looking for.

Download or read book The Pause Principle written by Kevin Cashman and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live and lead in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. But paradoxically, Kevin Cashman contends that leaders today must not merely act more quickly but pause more deeply. He details a catalytic process to guide you to step back in order to lead forward in three critical growth areas: personal leadership, development of others, and fostering of cultures of innovation. You and your organization will learn to move from management speed and transaction to leadership significance and transformation.

Download or read book Slow Down to Speed Up written by Liz Bywater and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slow Down to Speed Up: Lead, Succeed, and Thrive in a 24/7 World is a powerful new resource for leaders from the C-Suite to the front line. Filled with innovative new approaches, pragmatic tools, and real-life success stories, this book tackles the universal challenge of getting better, faster, more sustainable results in a world of nonstop demands and constant connectivity. This book provides the concepts and tools to help leaders successfully strategize, prioritize, lead with purpose, find balance, and gain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced business environment. Based on Dr. Liz Bywater’s 20 years of professional experience helping individuals, teams, and organizations thrive, the book contains real-world illustrations of the challenges faced by today’s business leaders. Beyond that, it pro­vides actionable guidance to help readers make the best decisions, create a proactive, future-focused work culture, catapult individual and team performance, and lead extraordinarily successful organizations.

Download or read book Parameters written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hitting Pause written by Gail Taylor Rice and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pauses constitute a simple technique for enlivening and enhancing the effectiveness of lectures, or indeed of any form of instruction, whether a presentation or in an experiential setting. This book presents the evidence and rationale for breaking up lectures into shorter segments by using pauses to focus attention, reinforce key points, and review learning. It also provides 65 adaptable pause ideas to use at the opening of class, mid-way through, or as closers.Starting with brain science research on attention span and cognitive load, Rice bases her book on two fundamental principles: shorter segments of instruction are better than longer ones, and learners who actively participate in instruction learn better than those who don’t.Pausing helps teachers apply these principles and create student engagement without requiring major changes in their lesson plans. With careful planning, they can integrate pauses into learning sessions with ease and significantly reinforce student learning. They will also gain feedback on students’ comprehension.Rice sets out the characteristics of good pauses, gives advice on how to plan them and how to introduce them to maximum effect. She provides compelling examples and concludes with a repertory of pauses readers can easily modify and apply to any discipline. This book contains a compendium of strategies that any teacher can fruitfully use to reinforce learning, as well as a stepping stone to those seeking to transition to more active learning methods. It:• Makes the case for using pauses• Identifies the primary functions of pauses: focusing, refocusing, enhancing retention, or closing off the learning experience • Provides research evidence from cognitive science and educational psychology• Provides practical guidance for creating quick active learning breaks• Distinguishes between starting, middle, and closing pauses • Includes descriptions, with suggested applications, of 65 pauses

Download or read book AURA written by Sumit Sahni and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-09-09 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The business world is full of exceptional and hard-working leaders, but many of them struggle with executive presence. They find it hard to inspire listeners. Often, these professionals are also unable to climb the career ladder because they lack executive presence. Simply put, they lack the AURA. But can you learn how to create an AURA? Do only people with natural charisma have executive presence, or can it be learned? The answer is YES. You can learn executive presence and you can learn it fast! This book covers practical tips, techniques, and frameworks to help you rapidly enhance your executive presence. Whether you are an experienced leader or a young professional, this book will help you in enhancing your AURA. So that you can: - Inspire others with your presence - Radiate confidence - Articulate with impact - Mesmerise listeners - Climb the corporate ladder In this book, Sumit Sahni (CEO and Executive Coach) shares his practical experience of more than two decades covering best practices from leaders who have mastered executive presence. He shares numerous real-life stories on how leaders became more impactful by leveraging easy-to-apply techniques. Get started, and let your AURA unfold!

Download or read book Seizing Destiny written by Albert Z. Conner and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How fighting Joe Hooker turned things around during a low point in the Civil War: “Exceptionally well-written . . . the result of painstaking research.” —Brig. Gen. John W. Mountcastle, USA (ret.), former chief of military history, US Army Depression. Desertion. Disease. The Army of the Potomac faced a trio of unrelenting enemies during the winter of 1863. Following the catastrophic defeat at the battle of Fredericksburg, the army settled into winter quarters—and despair settled into the army. Morale sank to its lowest level while desertions reached an all-time high. Illness packed the hospitals. Political intrigues, careerist schemes, and harsh winter weather demoralized everyone. Even the army’s livestock suffered, with more than 1,000 horses and mules dying every week. Then Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, a pugnacious tactician aptly nicknamed “Fighting Joe,” took command of the army. And a remarkable thing happened: A man known for his hardscrabble battlefield tenacity showed an amazing brilliance for organization and leadership. With Chief of Staff Dan Butterfield working alongside him, Hooker rebuilt the army from the bottom up. In addition to instituting logistical, ordnance, and administrative reforms, he insisted on proper troop care, rigorous inspections, and battle drills. Hooker doled out promotions and furloughs by merit, conducted large-scale raids, streamlined the army’s command and control, and fielded a new cavalry corps and military intelligence organization. Hooker’s war on poor discipline and harsh conditions revitalized a dying army. During this ninety-three-day resurgence, the Army of the Potomac reversed its fortunes and set itself on the path to ultimate victory. Hooker’s achievement represents nothing less than the greatest non-battle turning point since Valley Forge in the American Revolution—through it has long gone unnoticed or underappreciated by modern historians. Based on soldiers’ records, diaries, and letters, from the lowest private to the highest general, this is the full story of how these citizen-soldiers overcame adversity, seized their destiny, and saved the nation.