Business & Economics Leadership
Five Seconds At A Time
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2011
- Category
- Leadership, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554687954
- Publish Date
- Jun 2011
- List Price
- $14.99
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Description
When a tragic mountain-climbing accident left businessprofessor Denis Shackel alone and stranded, he turnedto the leadership principles he’d been teaching to survive thelongest night of his life. Since then, he has been helping students,executives and corporations use the proven “five secondsat a time” technique to achieve success in business and in life.
In Five Seconds at a Time, Shackel explains
• how to step back, slow down and manage more effectively
• why tackling fewer projects at once and breaking down largerchallenges actually help you achieve better results sooner
• that leading from the inside is what separates exceptionalleaders from mediocre ones
• how you can foster and develop your intuition the way thebest leaders do
About the authors
Denis Shackel is head of Management Communications at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, and a consultant for corporationsthroughout North America. Born in New Zealand, he has an M.A. in psychology from Canterbury University and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 2005 and 2007, Denis Shackel was voted Professor of the Year by students at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario, respectively. He lives just outside of London, Ontario.
Denis Shackel is head of Management Communications at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, and a consultant for corporationsthroughout North America. Born in New Zealand, he has an M.A. in psychology from Canterbury University and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 2005 and 2007, Denis Shackel was voted Professor of the Year by students at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario, respectively. He lives just outside of London, Ontario.