HBR's 10 must reads on mental toughness.
Harvard Business Review's ten must reads on mental toughness On mental toughness Mental toughness
- Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource (142 pages)
- HBR's 10 must reads .
Includes bibliographies and index.
How the best of the best get better and better / Crucibles of leadership / Building resilience / Cognitive fitness / The making of a corporate athlete / Stress can be a good thing if you know how to use it / How to bounce back from adversity / Rebounding from career setbacks / Realizing what you're made of / Extreme negotiations / Bonus: Post-traumatic growth and building resilience: an interview with Martin Seligman / by Graham Jones -- by Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas -- by Martin E.P. Seligman -- by Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts -- by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz -- by Alia Crum and Thomas Crum -- by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz -- by Mitchell Lee Marks, Philip Mirvis, and Ron Ashkenas -- by Glenn E. Mangurian -- by Jeff Weiss, Aram Donigian, and Jonathan Hughes -- by Sarah Green Carmichael.
Our professional lives are full of challenges and setbacks, but those who achieve elite performance are able to consistently rally their emotional strength in the pursuit of their goals--no matter what gets thrown at them. If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read these ten articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your emotional strength and resilience--and to achieve high performance. This book will inspire you to: Thrive on pressure like an Olympic athlete ; Manage and overcome negative emotions by acknowledging them ; Plan short-term goals to achieve long-term aspirations ; Surround yourself with the people who will push you the hardest ; Use challenges to become a better leader ; Use creativity to move past trauma ; Understand the tools your mind uses to recover from setbacks--