Leadership Therapy Inside the Mind of Microsoft
In Leadership Therapy, Microsoft consulting psychologist Anna Rowley draws on her twelve years of working with the top levels of Microsoft management, revealing the leadership skills that have helped the company maintain market dominance.
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Microsoft consulting psychologist
Dr. Anna Rowley draws on her fifteen years of working with top levels of Microsoft management to pinpoint the leadership skills that help highranking executives increase their effectiveness and positively impact the bottom line. Here she distills the characteristics every leader must have to thrive in demanding corporate environments—belief, trust, self-awareness, confidence, ambition, and power—and she shares her innovative approach to leadership development that takes the principles of psychotherapy from the consulting room to the boardroom. This insightful book addresses how to:
• “Read” the real agenda of your co-workers • Overcome fear of failure • Communicate assertively with difficult colleagues • Establish trust among co-workers • Bridge the gap between the “real you” and you, the leader Dr. Rowley provides the analytical and self-assessment tools that have helped her executive clients at Microsoft overcome their psychological barriers and continue to maximize their potential and succeed. Filled with fascinating case studies and international examples from the United States to Europe to India, the author shows how the psychological blocks that impede those in leadership positions may be surmounted through her unique model of leadership therapy.
DR. ANNA ROWLEY
is a globally
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recognized expert in the field of resilience research and performance. She is the founder of Rowley Associates, Inc., a consulting firm working exclusively with Microsoft and specializing in psychological techniques that help managers to develop leadership skills. She is a trained psychologist and has written for scientific publications such as The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and The British Medical Journal as well as general publications such as The Observer. Since 1996 she has consulted exclusively to Microsoft in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Leadership Therapy
Leadership Therapy Inside the Mind of Microsoft
Anna Rowley, Ph.D.
LEADERSHIP THERAPY
Copyright © Anna Rowley, 2007. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-1-4039-8403-6 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-99540-0 ISBN 978-1-137-09578-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-09578-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rowley, Anna. Leadership therapy: inside the mind of Microsoft / Anna Rowley.
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