Christopher P. Neck & Charles C. Manz 
Self-Leadership [EPUB ebook] 
The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. An Introduction to Self-Leadership: The Journey Begins
Leadership
Sources of Leadership
We All Lead Ourselves
Self-Leadership
2. The Context of Self-Leadership: Mapping the Route
Conceptual Foundations of Self-Leadership
External Factors
Personal Factors
We Do Choose
3. Behavior-Focused Strategies: Overcoming Rough Roads, Detours, and Roadblocks
World-Altering Behavior-Focused Strategies
Self-Imposed Behavior-Focused Strategies
4. Natural Reward-Focused Strategies: Scenic Views, Sunshine, and the Joys of Traveling
Natural Rewards
What Makes Activities Naturally Rewarding?
Tapping the Power of Natural Rewards
Combining External and Natural Rewards
5. Constructive Thought-Focused Strategies: Developing a Travel Mind-Set
Our Psychological Worlds
Is There Power in Positive Thinking?
Evaluating Beliefs and Assumptions
Mental Practice
Thought Patterns
Opportunity or Obstacle Thinking
The Power of Failure
6. Team Self-Leadership: Sharing the Journey
Self-Leadership and Teams
Behavioral Aspects of Team Self-Leadership
Mental Aspects of Team Self-Leadership
Team Self-Leadership Still Means Individual Self-Leadership
Balancing the “Me” with the “We”
Groupthink versus Teamthink
7. Self-Leadership, Health, and Well-Being: Maintaining Physical and Emotional Fitness on the Journey
Self-Leadership and Fitness
What Executives Say about the Importance of Fitness
The Impact of Fitness on Job Performance
Executive Fitness Behaviors at a Glance
Exercise and Diet: The Keys to Fitness
Self-Leadership, Fitness, and Personal Effectiveness
Choosing How You Feel: Emotional Self-Leadership
Emotional Intelligence and Self-Leadership
Coping with Stress: Self-Leadership and Stress Management
Optimism and Self-Leadership
Happiness, Flow, and Self-Leadership
8. Individual Differences, Diversity, and Practical Applications: Multiple Paths to Uniqueness
Personality and Self-Leadership
Diversity and Self-Leadership
Applications in Athletics
Applications in Work/Organizational Situations
9. Reaching the Destination: But the Journey Continues . . .
A Self-Leadership Framework
A Tale of Self-Leadership
The Tale in Perspective
Personal Effectiveness
Some Additional Thoughts
Notes
Index

Dr. Jeffery D. Houghton completed his Ph D in management at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and is currently a professor of management at West Virginia University. Dr. Houghton has taught college-level business courses at Virginia Tech, Abilene Christian University (TX), Lipscomb University (TN), The International University (Vienna, Austria), and the U.S. Justice Department Federal Bureau of Prisons. Prior to pursuing a full-time career in academics, he worked in the banking industry as a loan officer and branch manager. A member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Dr. Houghton’s research specialties include human behavior, motivation, personality, leadership, and self-leadership. Dr. Houghton has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and books, and his work has been cited more than 9, 000 times in academic journals. He currently teaches undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level courses in management, OB, and leadership. Dr. Houghton was named the 2013 Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year for the John Chambers College of Business and Economics, awarded annually to one faculty member within the college as selected by a vote of the student members of Beta Gamma Sigma, and he received the 2008 Outstanding Teaching Award for the John Chambers College of Business and Economics, awarded annually to one faculty member for outstanding teaching. In addition to his research and teaching activities, Dr. Houghton has done consulting and conducted training seminars for companies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and the Bruce hardwood flooring company. In his spare time, Dr. Houghton enjoys traveling, classic mystery novels, racquetball, and snow skiing. Finally, Dr. Houghton has completed two marathons, the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC, and the Dallas White Rock Marathon.