Powered by Feel: How Individuals, Teams, and Companies Excel

Clawson, James G. S.; Newburg, Douglas S.

ISBN 10: 9812818928 / ISBN 13: 9789812818928

Published by World Scientific Publishing Company, 2008

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G9812818928I4N10

Synopsis:

How do world-class performing individuals, teams, and companies do what they do? Would you like to know how to perform at your best on a regular basis? This book reveals the results of research involving interviews with hundreds of world-class performers in athletics, business, music, medicine and the military. It also includes the lessons learned from global consulting experiences, involving feel, with a wide and diverse group of corporate executives and independent contributors. Learn how to take your performance to the next level and enjoy it more in the process. Beginning with the answer to a simple question, the authors describe the role of FEEL in world-class performance and how you can make it work for you. This book goes well beyond the cliché of you need to love what you do and have passion for your work.

Interviewees represented in the book include the following: Olympic Gold Medalists; World Champion Archer; Best-Selling Mystery Author; National Champion Swimmers; FBI Criminal Profiler; Space Shuttle Astronaut; NBA, MLB, and collegiate Coaches of the Year; Former All-Pro and Hall of Fame football player; Professional Poker Champion; Heart Surgeon; NCAA All Americans and Players of the Year; CEOs of several major corporations in services, biotech, financial services, consumer marketing and other businesses; Grammy Award Winners, and more.

Contents: Pick-Up; Feel; Professionalism; Success; Inside-Out; Informed Energy; Habits; Routines; Dreams; Preparation; Obligation; Obstacles; Lost; Found; Bad Suits; First Day; Identity; Inspiration; Learning; Educate; Control Watching; When It Matters Most; Payback; Work; Find It; Sustenance; Horsing It; Physics; Numbers Game; Master of the Numbers; Triangle Tradeoffs; Freedom; Responsibility; Respond-Ability; Power; Powerful; Abuse; Abusive; You ve Got Next; The Game with No Name.

About the Author: James G S Clawson is the Johnson and Higgins Professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. He received degrees from Stanford University (Japanese Language and Literature with great distinction), Brigham Young University (MBA in marketing), and Harvard University Graduate School of Business (DBA Organizational Behavior). A prolific writer on issues of leadership (e.g. Level Three Leadership 4th Edition, Teaching Management, and Creating a Learning Culture), career management, management development and mentoring, Dr Clawson taught for three years at the Harvard Business School before joining the Darden School where he has been since 1981.

Doug Newburg has a PhD in Sports Psychology from the University of Virginia where he was on the medical school faculty for 15 years and served as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Education. He spent several years at University of Florida Medical School in the Thoracic Surgery Division before leaving to create his company Powered by Feel based in Boulder Colorado. Dr Newburg consults with a wide variety of individuals and organizations in business, athletics, music, medicine, education and other segments. He has worked with CEOs and executives, World Champions, and Olympic Medal winners, as well as with parents, educators, and college and high school students.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Powered by Feel: How Individuals, Teams, and...
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket