Being a True VIP: Managing Importance in Yourself and Others ISBN-13: 9781137448040

Author: Kessler, Eric H.

Brand: Springer

Number Of Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 9781137448040

Release Date: 05-02-2016

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Part Number: 24 black & white illustrations, biograph

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches

Details: Product Description

The desire to become a Very Important Person (VIP) is one of the driving factors behind humankinds 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 traces the paths and circumstances that lead to importance and how it affects engagement and performance. Readers will be able to understand, personalize, and apply these lessons to manage themselves and others to be true VIPs.

Review

Eric Kesslers Being a True VIP brilliantly illuminates the role of IMPORTANCE in our lives, not as ego but as value and significance. With his inspiring and empowering ideas, Kessler enables us to answer age-old questions such as “Is my life important?” and “Does my life matter?” Your life will be much richer from having adopted his ideas. – Bill George, Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School; former CEO, Medtronic; author, Discover Your True North.

Kessler shines a keen spotlight on the impacts we have on our significance and value at various levels and how we can enhance them. An affirming book, brimming with energy and thought. – Nigel Nicholson, London School of Business; Author, The I of Leadership.

Eric Kesslers book challenges us to peer into our own souls to more deeply question what lies behind our ambitions, hopes and aspirations. By charting a path toward greater authenticity Being a True VIP is a journey of self-discovery that can make each of us more powerful in who we are and what we do. – Bill Shore, Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength; Author, The Cathedral Within.

Review

Eric Kesslers Being a True VIP brilliantly illuminates the role of IMPORTANCE in our lives, not as ego but as value and significance. With his inspiring and empowering ideas, Kessler enables us to answer age-old questions such as “Is my life important?” and “Does my life matter?” Your life will be much richer from having adopted his ideas. ―Bill George, Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School; former CEO, Medtronic; author, Discover Your True North.

Kessler shines a keen spotlight on the impacts we have on our significance and value at various levels and how we can enhance them. An affirming book, brimming with energy and thought. ―Nigel Nicholson, London School of Business; Author, The I of Leadership.

Eric Kesslers book challenges us to peer into our own souls to more deeply question what lies behind our ambitions, hopes and aspirations. By charting a path toward greater authenticity Being a True VIP is a journey of self-discovery that can make each of us more powerful in who we are and what we do. ―Bill Shore, Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength; Author, The Cathedral Within.

From the Back Cover

The desire to be seen as a Very Important Person (VIP) is one of the driving factors behind humankinds 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.

About the Author

Dr. Eric H. Kessler is a recognized authority on organization management and global leadership. He holds the endowed Henry George Professorship of Management at the Lubin School of Business at Pace University in downtown NYC and is the founding Director of their Business Honors Program. He is also the worldwide general editor of the Encyclopedia of Management Theory.