Wild success : 7 key lessons business leaders can learn from extreme adventurers / Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2020]Description: xviii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781260455519
- 1260455513
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Face every business challenge with the skills and spirit of an elite adventurer
Wild Success takes you on a thrilling ride into the world of extreme adventurers--extraordinary men and women whose hard-earned wisdom can be applied to any business situation.
Death-defying adventurers and business leadership experts themselves, authors Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely provide an inside look into an elite society of people who understand how to excel in the most challenging environments on the planet. The authors combine one-of-a-kind insights from the adventure world with innovative research from the field of neuroscience to provide powerful, proven-effective leadership lessons. Wild Success teaches you how to:
* Identify your purpose as a leader
* Build your resilience and your ability to adapt to change
* Reframe your attitude to optimize your cognitive performance
* Reach your true leadership potential with a growth mindset
Through seven leadership lessons, you'll learn to see business challenges through the eyes of adventurers--from a surfer atop a monstrous 50-foot wave to a polar skier clawing across the Antarctic plateau to a wingsuit flyer defying death thousands of feet in the air.
Adventurers know better than anyone that unexpected obstacles and tough situations can force the most creative, innovative thinking. Become a leader of leaders by using the wild wisdom garnered by elite adventurers in the most extreme environments on the planet.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"An innovative guide to developing dynamic leadership skills-drawn from the real life experiences of extreme adventurers Elite adventurers understand how to excel in the most challenging environments on the planet. Unexpected obstacles can force creative thinking in any situation. Using inspirational stories from real adventurers, Wild Success shares nine leadership stories with skills that allow today's leader to thrive in the most unpredictable, challenging and dynamic workplaces. The authors combine insights from the adventure world with innovative research from the field of neuroscience to provide you with unique and invaluable leadership lessons. With this book as your guide, you'll learn how to: Identify your purpose as a leader and an individual Build your resilience and your ability to adapt to change Reframe your attitude to optimize your cognitive performance Reach your full leadership potential, and more"-- Provided by publisher.