A Bias for Action: How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve Results, and Stop Wasting Time (Hardcover)

Preface PART I: Harnessing Your Willpower to Achieve Results Chapter 1: Management is the Art of Doing and Getting Done Chapter 2: Distinguishing Purposeful Action from Active Non-Action Chapter 3: Marshaling Energy and Developing Focus Chapter 4: Moving Beyond Motivation to Willpower Chapter 5: Crossing the Rubicon Chapter 6: Overcoming the Three Traps of Non-action PART II: Cultivating a Company of Action-Takers Chapter 7: Developing Purposeful Managers: The Organization's Responsibility Chapter 8: Unleashing Organizational Energy for Collective Action Chapter 9: Freeing Your People to Act: A Mandate for Leaders Appendix Index About the authors