Managing Executive Health: Personal and Corporate Strategies for Sustained Success

ISBN-13: 9780521868587 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 252 str.

James Campbell Quick; Cary L. Cooper; Joanne H. Gavin

Opis

A positive approach to managing executive-level stress and associated health problems.

Recenzje

'A comprehensive analysis of the pitfalls and stresses associated with leadership and why current conditions are contributing to an increase in these problems and their adverse fiscal and health effects. This concise volume contains numerous useful suggestions on how to prevent or minimize such complications so that executives can learn how to become more productive and less self destructive.' Paul J. Rosch, The American Institute of Stress; Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, New York Medical College

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; List of spotlights; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Competition, conflict, and executive health; 2. The Achilles' heel: risk and vulnerability; 3. The loneliness of command; 4. Work demands and travel; 5. Professional crisis and personal tragedy; 6. Executive women and health; 7. Physical health; 8. Psychological well-being; 9. Spiritual vitality; 10. Ethical character; 11. A secure base for performing and achieving; Bibliography; Index.