KEEP YOUR FOCUS: 40 Thought-Pieces on Maintaining Your Top Performance

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Sarah Arnot has established one of the world’s most comprehensive leadership assessment and executive development programmes. For the past 25 years she’s helped hundreds of CEOs and executive leaders to significantly improve their skills, performance and, most importantly, their job satisfaction.    This book is a collection of her most useful leadership research findings, distilled into a 40 bite-sized leadership lessons. These briefings are perfect for leaders who are chronically short on reading and research time. They unlock the latest thinking about learning, leadership, decision-making and growth to help executives “move the dial” on leadership.  If you’re looking to reach your full potential or push your boundaries and improve as a leader – KEEP YOUR FOCUS: 40 Thought-Pieces on Maintaining Your Top Performance will give you insights you can apply straight away. Buy this book to read on the plane or to keep on your desk as a reference. KEEP YOUR FOCUS: 40 Thought-Pieces on Maintaining Your Top Performance is a valuable resource to dip into when you need inspiration or to be reminded of what’s important as a leader. Cover Title Page ENDORSEMENTS Full Title Page TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION Part 1: MINDSET FEAR AND COURAGE Fear Courage Fear of failure Vulnerability Setting Intentions Imposter Syndrome Tony Blair Syndrome The Cloak of Power Part 2: SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE Social Intelligence – Dimensions of SocialIntelligence What is social intelligence? Social intelligence – self-awareness Social intelligence – self- management Self-distancing Social intelligence – choose your mentors Social intelligence – Don’t underestimatethe introverts Part 3: DIVERSITY A South African Story Celebrating Diversity Women in Leadership Ethical Leadership Part 4: WELLBEING Loss and Grief Man’s Search For Meaning Meditation On Sleep Part 5: STRATEGY AND DECISION MAKING Strategy and Purpose Decisions and Judgement Distilling Extreme Ownership Part 6: PEOPLE On Leadership Capital Potential Who’s going to lead? A short series onhiring and growing talent Who? Identifying A-Players Who? Hiring A-Players Part 7: ROLE OF THE CEO Reputation and Personal Brand CEO Succession Planning – Case Studyfrom a JSE Listed Company CEO pressures – long-termism versusshort-termism What only the CEO can do Part 8: HABITS (Revisited) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Part Two – Habits 1 - 3 Part Three – Habits 4-6 Part Four – Habit 7 Part 9: STRANGE TIMES Motivation and emotion in a time oflockdown Part 10: THE LEADERSHIP JOURNEY The Leadership Journey – the next book CONCLUSION LIST OF SOURCES INDEX BACK COVER