A Failure of Nerve in 52 Weeks
A Yearlong Leadership Planner
Published on 21. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-64065-652-9 (ISBN)
Description
A leadership planner based on the bestselling A Failure of Nerve.
Nearly 25 years after the bestselling A Failure of Nerve first astonished the business world, Edwin H. Friedman's groundbreaking wisdom is back - now in a fresh, agile framework designed with today's leaders in mind. Combining essential excerpts from the beloved original with new and engaging prompts and exercises, A Failure of Nerve in 52 Weeks builds on the success of Friedman's earlier work to provide readers with an insightful year-long resource for leadership planning and development.
Concentrating on the core tenets of A Failure of Nerve, this workbook will help readers recognize and reign in their own emotional reactivity, overcome a misplaced addiction to data, and develop a sense of self that will never be overrun by the loudest and least mature voices in the room. Each weekly spread is packed with quotes and exercises to stimulate self-reflection and features a week-long planner page designed with ample space to mark appointments, track goals, and map out one's path to well-differentiated leadership. Whether you are a longtime fan or new to Friedman's work, this versatile planner will provide the structure, guidance, and wisdom to help you grow into the courageous leader you aspire to be.
Nearly 25 years after the bestselling A Failure of Nerve first astonished the business world, Edwin H. Friedman's groundbreaking wisdom is back - now in a fresh, agile framework designed with today's leaders in mind. Combining essential excerpts from the beloved original with new and engaging prompts and exercises, A Failure of Nerve in 52 Weeks builds on the success of Friedman's earlier work to provide readers with an insightful year-long resource for leadership planning and development.
Concentrating on the core tenets of A Failure of Nerve, this workbook will help readers recognize and reign in their own emotional reactivity, overcome a misplaced addiction to data, and develop a sense of self that will never be overrun by the loudest and least mature voices in the room. Each weekly spread is packed with quotes and exercises to stimulate self-reflection and features a week-long planner page designed with ample space to mark appointments, track goals, and map out one's path to well-differentiated leadership. Whether you are a longtime fan or new to Friedman's work, this versatile planner will provide the structure, guidance, and wisdom to help you grow into the courageous leader you aspire to be.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64065-652-9 (9781640656529)
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Edwin H. Friedman (1932-1996) was an ordained rabbi and practicing family therapist. An in-demand consultant and public speaker throughout the country, he led leadership training programs for government, business, religious, and psychotherapy professionals at his Center for Family Process. His groundbreaking volumes Generation to Generation and A Failure of Nerve, which exposed the connections between emotional processes at home and at work in religious, educational, therapeutic, and business systems, have become modern classics. He lived in Washington, DC.