Lifelong Learning Faculty Seminars - Additional Reading: Jackson Library: Stanford GSB

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Lifelong Learning Faculty Seminars: Additional Reading

Wednesday, November 9, 2005
"Vital Engagement and Work: A Self-Leadership Perspective (or, everything I know about life I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger)"

Rod Kramer, William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior at the GSB

Self-leadership is a critical process that involves effectively managing the self, especially in the pursuit of important and challenging objectives. In this session, Professor Kramer will present a framework for thinking about the determinants and consequences of effective self-leadership. To develop the framework, he will examine the remarkable careers of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from body-builder to actor to politician.

Selected Articles

Additional reading material has been selected by Jackson Library Staff. Due to contractual arrangements, remote access is only available to the current Stanford community and the subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Other access is limited to onsite at Jackson Library. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of ideas expressed.

Peter F. Drucker on Self-Leadership. Leadership Excellence June 2005 This article presents information regarding self-leadership. Few people know how they get things done. Indeed, most of us do not even know that different people work and perform differently.
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Personal strategies can lead to self-leadership. Birmingham Business Journal Oct. 8, 2004 There are numerous definitions of leadership. Most of them describe leadership as a process that is exercised over others. Perhaps the simplest definition of leadership is a "process of influence."
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Arnold Power. Fortune Aug. 9, 2004 Profiles California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ability to use celebrity to win voters. Credibility of his economic plans and referendums to refinance some of the state's debt and balanced budget; How Schwarzenegger's charm and charisma impacts his political career.
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Self-Leadership in a Group Environment. IEEE-USA Careers Conference 1991 respond. To hone their global competitive edge, slimmed-down organizations have passed increased responsibility to individuals at lower hierarchical levels. These individuals must improve their self-leadership to provide value-added competency to cross functional, problem solving groups.
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Selected Books

	Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People's Minds by Howard Gardner. Harvard Business School Press, 2004. BF637.C4 G37 2004
	Geeks & Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders by Warren G. Bennis, Robert J. Thomas. Harvard Business School Press, c2002 HD57.7 .B4578 2002
	*Greatness: Who Makes History and Why* by Dean Keith Simonton. The Guilford Press, 1994. Green Library BF412 .S56 1994
	The Joy of Pphilosophy: Thinking Thin Versus the Passionate Life by Robert C. Solomon. Oxford University Press, 1999. Green Library B72 .S654 1999
	Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Uourself for Personal Excellence by Charles C. Manz, Christopher P. Neck. Prentice Hall, c1999 HD57.7 .M387 1999
	*Power and Influence in Organizations* edited by Roderick M. Kramer, Margaret A. Neale. Sage Publications, c1998. HD30.3 .P68 1998

Selected Website

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Wikipedia)