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Action: How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve
Results, and Stop Wasting Time Hardbound, 208 pages
Why do most managers work so hard but accomplish so little? We have blamed everything from a lack of motivation, time, and money to the overwhelming amount of work and corporate bureaucracy that managers face. But a new study suggests a different cause: how much willpower managers bring to their jobs. In A Bias for Action, Sumantra Ghoshal and Heike Bruch show that managers often confuse action with accomplishment and motivation with leading. Their research reveals that 90% of managers spin their wheels by procrastinating, detaching emotionally, and distracting themselves with busywork--whereas only 10% act purposefully to get truly important work done. Based on exclusive research across several industries, and illustrated through stirring personal stories, A Bias for Action shows that great managers produce results not by motivating others, but by engaging their own willpower through a powerful combination of energy and focus. Bruch and Ghoshal provide simple strategies for bolstering your own willpower and action-taking abilities and explore ways to marshal the willpower of others to encourage collective action. Heike Bruch is a professor of Leadership at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). Sumantra Ghoshal is professor of Strategic and International Management at London Business School and co-author of Managing Across Borders. Subjects Covered: CEO, CFO, Conflicts of interest, Corporate culture, Discipline, Employee development, Executive ability, Executives, Human resources management, Leadership, Managerial skills, Organizational behavior & leadership, Organizational development, Personnel policies, Social enterprise & ethics, Upper management. (information from the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index /Go Back to Pages / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore |
