Table of Contents for Leading Outside Your Comfort Zone

Leading Outside Your Comfort Zone
The Surprising Psychology of Resilience, Growth, and Well-Being
D. Christopher Kayes

Preface

Introduction: Rising to the Outsized Demands of Leadership

SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF LEADING

1.Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone as a Source of Growth and Well-Being: Overcoming the Anxiety-Ridden Demands of Leadership

2.What Research Says About the Practice of Personal Resilience: Leading for Resilience, Growth, and Well-Being

3.Achieving Optimal Improvement Through Learning and Performing: Moving Beyond the Unrealistic Expectations That Undermine Leading

4.Turning Adverse Events into Opportunities for Growth: Accepting Adverse Factors Beyond Your Control SECTION 2: FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES

SECTION 2: FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES

5.Cultivating Novel Experiences: The Experiences That Count for Developing as a Leader

6.Accepting Unpleasant Emotions: Growth from Frustration and Other Painful Emotions

7.Implementing Learning Strategies: Five Strategies for Resilience and Growth

8.Motivating Yourself to Learn: The Psychology of Learning, Motivation, and Resilience SECTION 3: APPLICATIONS

SECTION 3: APPLICATIONS

9.Keeping Focused: Overcoming Distractions or Why Staying Focused Is So Difficult

10.Leading Teams: Leading Through the Emotional Turmoil of Groups

11.Leading Organizations: Resilience, Growth, and Well-Being at Scale

12.Tiered Goal-Setting: Overcoming the Limits of Goal-Setting Through Tiered Goals

Conclusion: Pathways to Leading Beyond Your Comfort Zone: A Simple Formula for Leading: Move, Sleep, Learn

Epilogue

Notes on Methods

Notes

Index

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