How to remain fresh, focused, creative, productive, and healthy in the face of enormous stress is an important challenge facing leaders within the modern organization, regardless of the organization or the level of leadership. Providing a way to successfully address this challenge is the primary goal of this book. The book recognizes that stress can actually be a positive force for enhancing performance if it is managed effectively, offering an optimistic message for leaders facing ongoing pressures in their work. What Dr. German does in his book is to offer knowledge and practical strategies, based on solid research, to help leaders better manage the distress, or negative stress, inherent in their role. In addition, the book provides tools to develop a personal resiliency enhancement plan to allow leaders better access to the wave of positive energy that comes from experiencing good stress, also called eustress. The information offered in the book is creatively presented as part of a training program involving leaders, making the material an intriguing read as well as an invitation to be part of the learning process shared by others serving in the leadership role.
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Dr. Steven German has had extensive experience with both the challenges and the rewards of leadership. As an administrator for over twenty years in public school districts, he was a firm advocate for the introduction of new services to support the needs of non-traditional learners and a proponent of creatively managing budgets to ensure the quality of the educational program. His insights on remaining vibrant and productive at a high level while in leadership roles have been shaped by his training as a counseling psychologist at Boston College and his subsequent work in the field. Dr. German maintained a private practice during his career in school administration. For several years he left public education to provide training and consultation in private industry, including Fortune 500 companies. He has also served as a psychologist and captain in the Medical Service Corps of the U.S. Army Reserves. In recent years, Dr. German has taught organizational behavior courses at Bay Path University and the University of Phoenix. He has written articles for several national publications as well as for newspapers in the Greater Boston area, where he lives with his wife and son.
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