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The Fearless Executive by Alan Downs
Successful leaders share one (and only one) common They discover their own unique blend of talents and trust it completely. Executive success is really just that simple, according to Alan Downs, author of the incisive Corporate Executions. So what stops businesspeople from trusting and maximizing their talents? The enemy is fear--the kind of crippling fear that insists we must be something more than what we are and persuades us to abandon our core strengths.
This masterful book explains how to conquer such fear in all its guises, see reality clearly, and free untapped potential. THE FEARLESS EXECUTIVE explores seven universal fears that choke off * Rejection ("What if I don't make it to the inner circle?") * Inadequacy ("What if I fail?") * Scarcity ("What if someone steals my piece of the action?") * Reality ("Isn't there a quick fix?") * The Unknown ("What is lurking out there?") * Aging ("What if I'm obsolete?") * Authority ("What if I break the rules?")
Rich in real-life vignettes and on-the-job management applications, this is a practical and compassionate guide. It will inspire readers to face their daily demons and live the fearless life--on the job and beyond.
Praise for the author's previous "An important and insightful work." --Library Journal (on Beyond the Looking Glass) "Should be required reading for CEOs across the land." --Cleveland Plain Dealer (on Corporate Executions)
This masterful book explains how to conquer such fear in all its guises, see reality clearly, and free untapped potential. THE FEARLESS EXECUTIVE explores seven universal fears that choke off * Rejection ("What if I don't make it to the inner circle?") * Inadequacy ("What if I fail?") * Scarcity ("What if someone steals my piece of the action?") * Reality ("Isn't there a quick fix?") * The Unknown ("What is lurking out there?") * Aging ("What if I'm obsolete?") * Authority ("What if I break the rules?")
Rich in real-life vignettes and on-the-job management applications, this is a practical and compassionate guide. It will inspire readers to face their daily demons and live the fearless life--on the job and beyond.
Praise for the author's previous "An important and insightful work." --Library Journal (on Beyond the Looking Glass) "Should be required reading for CEOs across the land." --Cleveland Plain Dealer (on Corporate Executions)
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First published May 15, 2000
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Alan Downs
15 books123 followersAlan Downs, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and the CEO of Michael's House.
His fifteen years of treating clients throughout America's culture have already been reflected in his numerous books in both leadership and self-help. His two most recent books include The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World and The Half Empty Heart.
His fifteen years of treating clients throughout America's culture have already been reflected in his numerous books in both leadership and self-help. His two most recent books include The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World and The Half Empty Heart.
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April 3, 2024
This should never have happened.
As it occasionally, does this book really should have been an article in a business-like periodical of some sort. Rather, the writer here insisted on expanding a very basic thesis - overcome your fears and focus on your talents - into a prolonged march.
Q: But why does this earn two, not one, stars?'
A: Well, this volume is a lovely hardback volume with pages of 80lb paper so that the physical volume can belie its scant 200 pages.
Sigh.
As it occasionally, does this book really should have been an article in a business-like periodical of some sort. Rather, the writer here insisted on expanding a very basic thesis - overcome your fears and focus on your talents - into a prolonged march.
Q: But why does this earn two, not one, stars?'
A: Well, this volume is a lovely hardback volume with pages of 80lb paper so that the physical volume can belie its scant 200 pages.
Sigh.
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