Self-Leadership (eBook)

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. An Introduction to Self-Leadership: The Journey Begins
Leadership
Sources of Leadership
We All Lead Ourselves
Self-Leadership
2. The Context of Self-Leadership: Mapping the Route
Conceptual Foundations of Self-Leadership
External Factors
Personal Factors
We Do Choose
3. Behavior-Focused Strategies: Overcoming Rough Roads, Detours, and Roadblocks
World-Altering Behavior-Focused Strategies
Self-Imposed Behavior-Focused Strategies
4. Natural Reward-Focused Strategies: Scenic Views, Sunshine, and the Joys of Traveling
Natural Rewards
What Makes Activities Naturally Rewarding?
Tapping the Power of Natural Rewards
Combining External and Natural Rewards
5. Constructive Thought-Focused Strategies: Developing a Travel Mind-Set
Our Psychological Worlds
Is There Power in Positive Thinking?
Evaluating Beliefs and Assumptions
Mental Practice
Thought Patterns
Opportunity or Obstacle Thinking
The Power of Failure
6. Team Self-Leadership: Sharing the Journey
Self-Leadership and Teams
Behavioral Aspects of Team Self-Leadership
Mental Aspects of Team Self-Leadership
Team Self-Leadership Still Means Individual Self-Leadership
Balancing the “Me” with the “We”
Groupthink versus Teamthink
7. Self-Leadership, Health, and Well-Being: Maintaining Physical and Emotional Fitness on the Journey
Self-Leadership and Fitness
What Executives Say about the Importance of Fitness
The Impact of Fitness on Job Performance
Executive Fitness Behaviors at a Glance
Exercise and Diet: The Keys to Fitness
Self-Leadership, Fitness, and Personal Effectiveness
Choosing How You Feel: Emotional Self-Leadership
Emotional Intelligence and Self-Leadership
Coping with Stress: Self-Leadership and Stress Management
Optimism and Self-Leadership
Happiness, Flow, and Self-Leadership
8. Individual Differences, Diversity, and Practical Applications: Multiple Paths to Uniqueness
Personality and Self-Leadership
Diversity and Self-Leadership
Applications in Athletics
Applications in Work/Organizational Situations
9. Reaching the Destination: But the Journey Continues . . .
A Self-Leadership Framework
A Tale of Self-Leadership
The Tale in Perspective
Personal Effectiveness
Some Additional Thoughts
Notes
Index