The Road to Self-Leadership Development
Busting Out of Your Comfort Zone
Published on 30. December 2015
160 pages
978-1-78560-702-8 (ISBN)
Description
The primary purpose of The Road to Self Leadership: Busting Out of Your Comfort Zone is to provide individuals who want to become a leader with a systematic approach for learning how to first learn to become a self-leader. Organizations can use the book for identifying leader types and within leadership development training programs. Individuals need help in understanding the logic of being a self-leader and the critical role of self-worth (encompasses self-esteem, self-concept and self-confidence) in the process of developing the self-leader as a preparatory step to leadership development. The book offers two important benefits to readers. First, readers learn that to lead others involves learning how to lead the self and self-leadership is all about improving feelings of self-worth. Second, the book provides a practical model for readers to follow in creating a personalized self-leadership development process or an organizations human resource leaders with a model to follow in designing and implementing a multi-stage training program that encompasses self-leadership and leadership development.
Reviews / Votes
This guide presents a practical model for self-leadership, which is defined here as encompassing the self-worth, self-esteem, and self-confidence necessary for leadership development. The model explains human behavior and emotions that impact leadership skills and experiences. The guidelines can be used by individuals developing their own self-leadership skills, or used by organizations to design training and leadership development programs. Exercises and action steps are included. -- Annotation (c)2016 * (protoview.com) *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
File size
0,59 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78560-702-8 (9781785607028)
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11/2015
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Content
- Front Cover
- The Road to Self-Leadership Development: Busting Out of Your Comfort Zone
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
- 1.1. Inspirations
- 1.2. Value Proposition
- 1.3. Value of a Model
- 1.4. Importance of a Book on Personal Self-Leadership Leader Development
- 1.5. Early Years
- 1.6. The Beginnings of Self-Realization
- 1.7. Self-Leadership Development Model: An Overview
- 1.8. Application of Self-Leadership Model
- 1.9. Benefits of Self-Leadership/Leadership Development
- 1.10. Layout of the Book
- Chapter 2 Experience: Grist to the Mill
- 2.1. Special Experiences
- 2.2. Types of Experiences
- 2.3. Serendipitous Experiences
- 2.4. Planned Early Experiences
- 2.5. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards and Self-Esteem
- Chapter 3 The Starting Point: Self-Esteem
- 3.1. The Beginning of Self-Worth
- 3.2. Role of Self-Esteem
- 3.3. Importance of Feelings of Self-Worth
- 3.4. Personal Defense Mechanisms
- 3.5. Importance of Social Interactions
- 3.6. Personal Code of Conduct
- 3.7. Meaning of Self-Worth
- 3.8. Scanning and Information Processing
- 3.9. Learning to Adapt
- Chapter 4 The Significance of the Self-Concept
- 4.1. The Next Part of Self-Worth
- 4.2. Role of Self-Concept
- 4.3. Worldview and Self-Concept
- 4.4. Values and Self-Concept
- 4.5. Recognition of Self-Concept
- 4.6. Self-Learning and Self-Concept
- Chapter 5 The Mission of Self-Confidence
- 5.1. The Final Part of Self-Worth
- 5.2. The Individual's Belief System
- 5.3. Self-Assessment and Self-Confidence
- 5.4. A Growing Self-Confidence
- 5.5. Personal Defenses and Self-Confidence
- Chapter 6 The Significance of Personal Values
- 6.1. The Compass
- 6.2. Etiology of Personal Values
- 6.3. Code of Conduct
- 6.4. Internalized Code of Conduct
- 6.5. Purpose of the Code of Conduct
- Chapter 7 Attitude, the Manifestation of the Individual's Measure of Self-Worth
- 7.1. What We Show
- 7.2. Purpose of Attitude
- 7.3. Attitude: The Engine That Could
- 7.4. Experience and Attitude
- 7.5. Attitude as a Symbol
- 7.6. Attitude and Leadership Development
- Chapter 8 The Power of Self-Motivation
- 8.1. Motivation
- 8.2. Self-Motivation
- 8.3. Self-Management
- 8.4. Social Influencers and Fulfilling Needs
- 8.5. Self-Direction
- 8.6. Experience
- 8.7. Self-Leadership
- 8.8. Comfort Zone
- Chapter 9 Actions that Count
- 9.1. Interpretation of Behavior
- 9.2. Purpose of Behavior
- 9.3. Goal Directed Behavior or Actions
- 9.4. Social Relations, Learning, and Behavior
- 9.5. Self-Leadership and Behavior
- Chapter 10 Learning to Lead - Priming the Self-Leadership Development Process
- 10.1. Focus
- 10.2. Human Resource Development
- 10.3. Self-Leadership Development Is a Process
- 10.4. Self-Leadership and Actions Pursued
- 10.5. Leaders
- 10.6. Self-Leadership Development and Self-Learning
- 10.7. Creating a Self-Leadership Development Process
- 10.8. Important Values
- Chapter 11 Creating a Successful Self-Leadership Development Program
- 11.1. Strategic Thinking
- 11.2. Mission
- 11.3. Focus of Program Development
- 11.4. Systematizing the Self-Leadership Development Process
- 11.5. Self-Leadership Development Exercises
- Chapter 12 The End is Only the Beginning
- 12.1. Self-Leadership Re-Visited
- 12.2. Self-Leadership as a Model
- 12.3. Self-Leadership Development Is a Dynamic Process
- 12.4. Self-Efficacy and Self-Leadership
- 12.5. Self-Leadership Is a Verb
- 12.6. Value System
- 12.7. Focus on Opportunities
- 12.8. Importance of Social Relations and Social Skills
- 12.9. Organizations and Leadership Development
- 12.10. Self-Leadership Development Resume
- Chapter 13 Self-Leadership Development Exercises
- 13.1. Follow a Model for Promoting Change
- 13.2. Readiness for Self-Change Exercises
- 13.3. Self-Assessment Exercises
- 13.3.1. Assessment 1
- 13.3.2. Assessment 2
- 13.3.3. Assessment 3
- 13.3.4. Assessment 4
- 13.3.5. Self-Assessment 5
- 13.3.6. Personal Values Assessment
- 13.3.7. Self-Assessment 6
- 13.3.8. Self-Assessment 7
- 13.4. Experiential Exercises
- 13.5. Self-Leadership Development Exercises
- 13.6. Model Programs by Type of Goal
- 13.6.1. Exercise Programs
- 13.6.2. Weight Loss Programs
- 13.6.3. Values Development Programs
- 13.6.4. Job Development Program
- 13.6.5. Career Development Program
- 13.6.6. Developing Good Eating Habits
- 13.6.7. Knowledge Acquisition Development
- 13.6.8. Skill Acquisition Development
- 13.7. Chapter Overview
- Bibliography
- Index
