Finding Order in Chaos: The Drive to Solve the Puzzle--How Great Leaders Remain Intellectually Confident Under Pressure
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- Synopsis
- As a leader, you must constantly make decisions involving serious consequences based on shifting, incomplete data. Great leaders, however, see these puzzles as stimulating rather than frustrating; the drive to solve the puzzle compels them to move beyond the mere ability to think intelligently in a stressful situation. In this chapter, author Justin Menkes describes how to develop your own drive to find a solution, with examples from master CEOs such as Kevin Sharer (Amgen), A.G. Lafley (Procter & Gamble), and Jim Owens (Caterpillar Inc.). Menkes also provides practical suggestions for improving your ability to think clearly and perform under pressure, offering an exercise you can practice to shed the habit of making mistakes in the heat of the moment. The chapter concludes with a section about personal awareness and its importance in helping you develop the attributes of a great leader through your own experiences with stressful, highly pressurized situations. It is these experiences that teach us to maintain our confidence and improve our capacity to find order in chaos--even within the complex, increasingly interactive economy of the twenty-first century. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 7 of "Better Under Pressure: How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others."
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Publisher:
- Harvard Business Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 08/03/16
- Copyrighted By:
- HBS Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.