Being a True VIP Managing Importance in Yourself and Others

by Kessler, Eric H.

• ISBN13: 9781137448040
• ISBN10: 1137448040
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-03-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The desire to be seen as a Very Important Person (VIP) is one of the driving factors behind humankind's professional, societal, and spiritual aspirations. In Being a True VIP, management scholar and author Eric H. Kessler illustrates the nature of importance and how it relates to our success as employees and individuals. Through a clear and focused theoretical framework, he follows the paths that lead to importance, who determines it, and how it affects employee engagement and performance. Readers will be able to understand, personalize, and apply these lessons to manage themselves and others to be true VIPs.

Author Biography

Eric H. Kessler, Ph.D., an expert in the field of management of innovation and technology, is a senior Professor of Management at Pace University in New York City and founding/current Director of their Business Honors Program. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Eastern Academy of Management, the northeastern United States association of business management scholars, where he designed and launched the EAM White Paper series to better apply management theory to business practice.

He has served on numerous editorial and advisory boards and as the guest editor for several of professional management journals, as well as with the United States National Security Education Program and Pentagon's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. Dr. Kessler has published or presented over 100 scholarly papers in top academic outlets and conferences, won numerous research and teaching awards, and produced several critically-acclaimed books: The Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom (2007), Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership (2009 / 2010 paperback), and Applying Management Theory to Practice: Real-World Lessons for Walking the Talk (2010). He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and has been inducted into national and international honor societies in business, economics, forensics, and psychology. Professor Kessler instructs courses on the doctoral, masters, and bachelors levels and has worked as an executive educator, policy analyst, and business consultant for public and private organizations. He has engaged problem-driven consultancy team projects on organizations such as Ford, IBM, and Goldman Sachs. He has led numerous international field studies and his professional travels have taken him across six continents. Recently he was selected as the general editor for the Encyclopedia of Management Theory.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: THE CENTRAL ARGUMENT
1. Why We Need Wise Leadership: Stupid Smart People?
2. A Model of Wise Leadership: Lights, Camera, Action!
PART I: ENHANCING LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES (LIGHTS)
3. Sagacity: Building Extraordinary Intellectual Acuity
4. Sprit: Building Extraordinary Emotive Connectivity
PART II: FOCUSING LEADERSHIP VISION (CAMERA)
5. Character: Building Extraordinary Introspective Insight
6. Purpose: Building Extraordinary Principled Objectives
PART III: SHAPING LEADERSHIP DIRECTION (ACTION)
7. Unity: Building Extraordinary Collaborative Orientation
8. Engagement: Building Extraordinary Functional Value

CONCLUSION: INSIGHTS, IMPLICATIONS, GUIDELINES
9. Developing and Fostering Wise Leadership