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How do world-class performing individuals, teams, and companies do what they do? Would you like to know how to perform at your best on a regular basis? This book reveals the results of research involving interviews with hundreds of world-class performers in athletics, business, music, medicine and the military. It also includes the lessons learned from global consulting experiences, involving feel, with a wide and diverse group of corporate executives and independent contributors. Learn how to take your performance to the next level and enjoy it more in the process. Beginning with the answer to a simple question, the authors describe the role of FEEL in world-class performance and how you can make it work for you. This book goes well beyond the clich‚ of ?you need to love what you do and have passion for your work.? Interviewees represented in the book include the following: Olympic Gold Medalists; World Champion Archer; Best-Selling Mystery Author; National Champion Swimmers; FBI Criminal Profiler; Space Shuttle Astronaut; NBA, MLB, and collegiate Coaches of the Year; Former All-Pro and Hall of Fame football player; Professional Poker Champion; Heart Surgeon; NCAA All Americans and Players of the Year; CEOs of several major corporations in services, biotech, financial services, consumer marketing and other businesses; Grammy Award Winners, and more.

Forty-two field-based cases in leadership and organizational behavior are presented here, grouped by themes of personal characteristics of leadership, strategic thinking, influencing others, designing organizations, and leading change. Cases were chosen to represent a variety of industries, protagonist gender, diversity, international settings, and level in organizational hierarchy. Many cases are new, while some from the past reflect classic issues. This casebook can be used independently from the author's textbook. Clawson teaches business at the University of Virginia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

For MBA and upper-level undergraduate courses in Leadership, Organizational Behavior, and Change. This brief paperback outlines a practical, contemporary model for making a difference as a leader in the Information Age one which goes well beyond the single, behavior-focused leadership style (Level One) typically associated with Industrial-Age organizations to encompass opportunities to influence people and their thinking (Level Two Leadership), and their values and basicassumptions about how the world operates (Level Three Leadership). Drawing on the work of a wide range of scholars and authors in the field of leadership and managing change, it integrates theory and practice to create the model and a set of related perspectives and concepts about how students can become better leaders not only in their own lives, but in their work group, and in their organizations. Questions for Reflection throughout and an innovative Workbook section help students explore their own values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations about what it means to be an effective leader and suggest ways to grow and develop their leadership skills.

In Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface, James G. Clawson introduces a new leadership model for practicing managers. He asserts that in the past, managers have tried to lead simply by influencing employees' behavior (Level One) or by appealing to their conscious thoughts (Level Two). Managing effectively in today's age of rapid change and open access to information requires Level Three Leadership, which offers a deeper, more lasting impact by working with people at the level of their fundamental values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations.

This volume offers conceptual frameworks for matching individual skills and preferences with job demands and requirements.