
The Leadership Dojo
Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader
Richard Strozzi-Heckler(Author)
North Atlantic Books,U.S. (Publisher)
Published on 4. September 2007
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-58394-201-7 (ISBN)
Description
History is filled with accounts of great leaders, but how did they become so? Written for emergent leaders in any endeavor, this new work from renowned consultant Richard Strozzi-Heckler offers a new approach to leadership. The first book of its kind to base business and management strength on integral body awareness, the book presents key principles such as shugyo, or self-cultivation, as crucial in developing the individual responsibility, social commitment, and moral and spiritual vision required to lead with authority and efficacy. The Leadership Dojo is based on three questions: What does a leader do? What are the character values most essential to exemplary leadership? How do you teach these values? Drawing on the wisdom of ages from Plato to the Bhagavad-Gita, from Thucydides to the Abidharma, the book asserts that understanding and answering these questions holds the key to superior leadership skills. Strozzi-Heckler teaches with real-world examples based on his wide experience training decision-makers at companies like AT&T and Microsoft. The book's multifaceted approach helps readers establish a powerful Leadership Presence, a platform from which they can take ethical action with compassion and pragmatic wisdom.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley, CA
United States
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58394-201-7 (9781583942017)
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E-Book
03/2011
1st Edition
Frog Books
€24.49
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Persons
Richard Strozzi-Heckler, PhD is the author of the nationally acclaimed In Search of the Warrior Spirit, which chronicles his training of the Green Berets and his vision of reclaiming traditional warrior virtues in a technologically-oriented society. He also authored The Anatomy of Change, Holding the Center: A Sanctuary in Times of Confusion, and The Mind/Body Interface. Having worked with tens of thousands of people over the last 30 years including corporate executives, Olympic and professional athletes, managers, political leaders, and inner-city gangs, Strozzi-Heckler’s client list includes U.S. Marines, U.S. Army Green Berets, U.S. Navy SEALS, AT&T, DMV, Microsoft, Sportsmind, Capital One, Barnes & Noble, and Hewlett-Packard.
Content
Introduction
Chapter One: We Are All Leaders
Chapter Two: Cultivation of the Self
Chapter Three: Dojo, The Place of Awakening
Learning for Action
Practice
Fellow Learners
Teacher or Coach
Chapter Four: You Are What You Practice
Chapter Five: The Body of a Leader
Chapter Six: Leadership Presence
Center
Facing
Extending
Entering
Blending
Chapter Seven: The Marine Warrior Project: An Proven Example of the Leadership Dojo
Endnotes
Chapter One: We Are All Leaders
Chapter Two: Cultivation of the Self
Chapter Three: Dojo, The Place of Awakening
Learning for Action
Practice
Fellow Learners
Teacher or Coach
Chapter Four: You Are What You Practice
Chapter Five: The Body of a Leader
Chapter Six: Leadership Presence
Center
Facing
Extending
Entering
Blending
Chapter Seven: The Marine Warrior Project: An Proven Example of the Leadership Dojo
Endnotes