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Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
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Resilience (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, Shawn Achor
April 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
144 pages
1h 30m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Firing Back

How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters

By Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld and Andrew J. Ward

Among the tests of a leader, few are more challenging—and more painful—than recovering from a career catastrophe, whether it is caused by natural disaster, illness, misconduct, slip ups, or unjust conspiratorial overthrow. But real leaders don’t cave in. Defeat energizes them to rejoin the fray with greater determination and vigor.

Take the case of Jamie Dimon, who was fired as president of Citigroup but now is CEO of JP Morgan Chase. Or look at Vanguard founder Jack Bogle, who was removed from his position as president of Wellington Management but then went on to create the index fund and become a leading voice for governance reform. Similarly, ...

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ISBN: 9781633693241