The C2 factor for leadership : how the alchemy of curiosity and courage helps leaders become champions and lead meaningful lives /: how the alchemy of curiosity and courage helps leaders become champions and lead meaningful lives. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joanne Irving, PhD.
• Authors: Irving, Joanne
• Contents: The C² Factor for Leadership How the alchemy of curiosity and courage helps leaders become champions and lead meaningful lives Joanne Boyd Irving, Ph.D. Acknowledgments About the Author INTRODUCTION THE MYTHS YOU MAY BELIEVE ABOUT CURIOSITY AND COURAGE THAT CAN LEAD YOU ASTRAY Four Myths About Curiosity That Muddle Your Understanding Myth 1: You either are or are not curious Myth 2: We should emulate three-year-olds Myth 3: School is a wet blanket Myth 4: Curiosity is a waste of time Four Myths About Courage That Defeat Your Attitude Myth 1: Courage is the same as fearlessness Myth 2: You either are or you are not courageous Myth 3: Courage is always recognized Myth 4: Courage can’t be learned THE ALCHEMY OF CURIOSITY AND COURAGE You Gotta Have Courage to be Curious Admitting you don’t know Encountering unpleasant discoveries It Helps to be Curious if You Want to be Brave Curiosity is the bravery elixir Using the curiosity to persevere The C2 Factor Lacking the C2 Factor The Robotic Leader: Neither curious nor courageous The Academic Leader: Lots of curiosity, little courage The Reckless Leader: All Courage, No Curiosity With the C2 Factor: The Champion Leader The tackling terror in the supply chain Postscript: The C2 Factor does not stand alone Where are you and where do you want to go? THE C2 FACTOR BEGINS AT HOME: START WITH YOU Gazing at Our Navels with the C2 Factor Meditation, mindfulness and the courage to be bored Feelings? What feelings? Using the beginner’s mind and embracing ambiguity Shining the C2 Factor Beyond the End of Your Nose Heuristics and cognitive biases Fighting the Dunning-Kruger effect Extending self-awareness beyond 15 minutes Enriching Your Life with The C2 Factor Inspiring competence Opening to where you haven’t been, and what you haven’t done The antidote to boredom and a key to happiness PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE: THE ALCHEMY OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE C2 FACTOR When First We Meet: Applying the C2 Factor to Build Relationships Empathy without curiosity is merely projection Newness + the C2 Factor = the honeymoon Networking without the C2 Factor doesn’t work When the Bloom is Off the Rose: Applying the C2 Factor to Maintain Relationships They aren’t cars; they’re gardens Weeding your garden Tending someone else’s garden Yay! Conflict! Using the C2 Factor to Embrace Conflict We are all foreigners Another damn growth opportunity Neither a bully nor a doormat HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING WITH THE C2 FACTOR Simple But Not Easy Engaging the C2 Factor Wait…..what’s the problem? Beautiful questions Attitude is everything What are We Afraid of? Silence is golden, if we can tolerate it Stupid questions Who are We Afraid of? Scapegoats Eccentrics and other difficult people Exercising the C2 Muscle Break the adage Practice, practice, practice CHAMPION LEADERSHIP WITH THE C2 FACTOR Who Do you Want to Be? The C2 Leader Diagnostic Champion leaders Business as Usual Gets in the Way Too busy Too expert Too fast Engaging the C2 Factor – An Imperative for Strategic Thinking Anticipate Challenge Decide Interpret, align and learn The strategy landscape ENSURING PROSPERITY WITH A C2 FACTOR CULTURE Confronting Corporate Constraints Too successful Too standardized Too focused Established, Fostered and Sustained Through Conscious Commitment Hiring Enabling Rewarding Modeling, mentoring, and sponsoring THE ASTOUNDING POTENTIAL OF OMNIPRESENT C2 Heroes with Super C2 Factor But for Us Mortals…. Prosocial organizations Not your father’s Rotary Applying the C2 Factor in a Humanitarian Start-up – The Poop Story Social entrepreneurs need the C2 Factor Design Thinking and the C2 Factor – One Marriage Made in Heaven Conclusion
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 658.4092; Leadership; Curiosity; Courage; Organizational change
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000593099; 9781000593112; 9781003212881
• Related ISBNs: 9781032080888; 9781032080840
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