<p>Reveals how managers on the corporate fast track can perform at peak effectiveness without burning themselves out or alienating their superiors, colleagues, employees, and families--people whose loyalty and support are essential to their success. Shows how organizations--by committing to develop managers' character and not just their skills--can help executives break through their personal barriers to managerial excellence.</p>

Beyond Ambition: How Driven Managers Can Lead Better and Live Better (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

Business & Money

Kaplan, Bob

Drath, Wilfred

Kofodimos, Joan R.

Management & Leadership

Jossey-Bass

<p>Examines the shifting demographic, economic, and social forces--the changing gender roles, harsher economic realities, and dual career families--that pull managers and executives out of balance. Draws on ten years of research, consulting, and training on the topic to describe the cost of imbalance to individuals and organizations and tells how to restore equilibrium. Provides numerous checklists and self-assessment tools to help determine the degree and the nature of imbalance in our lives and in our organizations. Outlines a step-by-step process for personal change that can lead to an improved quality of life and provides individuals with a blueprint for initiating organizational changes that jointly optimize personal development and organizational effectiveness.</p>

Balancing Act: How Managers Can Integrate Successful Careers and Fulfilling Personal Lives

Business Culture

Beyond Work-Family Programs: Confronting and Resolving the Underlying Causes of Work-Personal Life Conflict (Center for Creative Leadership Report)

Center for Creative Leadership

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