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© 2025 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. INTRODUCTION Rising to the Outsized Demands of Leadership 1
  5. Section I Foundations of Leading
  6. ONE Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone as a Source of Growth and Well-Being OVERCOMING THE ANXIETY-RIDDEN DEMANDS OF LEADERSHIP 15
  7. TWO What Research Says About the Practice of Personal Resilience LEADING FOR RESILIENCE, GROWTH, AND WELL-BEING 30
  8. THREE Achieving Optimal Improvement Through Learning and Performing MOVING BEYOND THE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS THAT UNDERMINE LEADING 43
  9. FOUR Turning Adverse Events into Opportunities for Growth ACCEPTING ADVERSE FACTORS BEYOND YOUR CONTROL 57
  10. Section II Fundamental Processes
  11. FIVE Cultivating Novel Experiences THE EXPERIENCES THAT COUNT FOR DEVELOPING AS A LEADER 71
  12. SIX Accepting Unpleasant Emotions GROWTH FROM FRUSTRATION AND OTHER PAINFUL EMOTIONS 86
  13. SEVEN Implementing Learning Strategies FIVE STRATEGIES FOR RESILIENCE AND GROWTH 102
  14. EIGHT Motivating Yourself to Learn THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING, MOTIVATION, AND RESILIENCE 115
  15. Section III Applications
  16. NINE Keeping Focused OVERCOMING DISTRACTIONS OR WHY STAYING FOCUSED IS SO DIFFICULT 131
  17. TEN Leading Teams LEADING THROUGH THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL OF GROUPS 147
  18. ELEVEN Leading Organizations RESILIENCE, GROWTH, AND WELL-BEING AT SCALE 161
  19. TWELVE Tiered Goal-Setting OVERCOMING THE LIMITS OF GOAL-SETTING THROUGH TIERED GOALS 177
  20. CONCLUSION Pathways to Leading Beyond Your Comfort Zone A SIMPLE FORMULA FOR LEADING: MOVE, SLEEP, LEARN 193
  21. Epilogue 205
  22. Notes on Methods 207
  23. Notes 209
  24. Index 233
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