Managing Ambition

ISBN-13: 9781604911480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 36 str.

Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)

Opis

Ambition is a good thing, but too much of it can cause problems.You need ambition to be successful, but if you havetoo much, it can derail your career. This guidebook will helpyou determine whether you have a problem with ambition.You will gain a fuller understanding of its basic drivers: theneed for competence, the need for achievement, and the needfor rewards. You will learn how these drivers can affect yourwork, and you will learn strategies for managing them.Each of the drivers has identifi able components. Theneed for competence, for example, has three components:superiority, competitiveness, and pride. The exercises in thisguidebook will help you identify which components couldbe a problem for you and prioritize your efforts in addressingthem. You will also be encouraged to seek ongoing feedbackfrom others and to observe and learn from how other leadersdeal with their ambition.With this guidebook, you can learn to understand andmanage your ambition so that it wont derail your career butwill contribute to your efforts to achieve personal and organizationalsuccess.

Spis treści

7 The Paradox of Ambition

12 The Need for Competence

17 The Need for Achievement

23 The Need for Rewards

28 Moving Forward

31 Ambition as a Developmental Opportunity

31 Background

32 Suggested Resources