The Joy of Leadership – How Positive Psychology Can Maximize Your Impact (and Make You Happier) in a Challenging World

Acknowledgments ix

PART I THE DISAGGREGATED WORLD 1
Chapter 1 The 10X Effect: Performance Multipliers to Achieve Lasting Success and Fulfillment 3
Chapter 2 Giving Way to the New: The Boundaryless Twenty–First–Century Work Environment 15
Chapter 3 Myths of Happiness and Leadership: Making the Case for SHARP 29

PART II WHAT 10X LEADERS DO 41
Chapter 4 Strengths: Making the Most of Your Gifts 43
Chapter 5 Health: Injecting Energy into Life and Work 67
Chapter 6 Absorption: Revealing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary through Mindful Engagement 87
Chapter 7 Relationships: Forming Authentic and Positive Bonds 107
Chapter 8 Purpose: Meaning and Commitment Are the Path to Joyful Leadership 129
Chapter 9 The Balanced Approach: SHARP and Cascading Success 149

PART III HOW TO CHANGE AND STAY CHANGED 159
Chapter 10 Obstacles and Pathways to Lasting Behavioral Change: Neuroplasticity and the Possibility of Joyful Transformation 161
Chapter 11 Creating New, Durable Pathways to Joyful Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Making SHARP Changes 177
Chapter 12 Finale: The 10X Effect Revisited and Becoming the Sum Total of Who You Are 191
Notes 197
Index 215