An eye-opening wake-up call for executives who want to take better care of themselves.
A management consultant based in Singapore lays out a comprehensive, multipronged approach to increasing one’s leadership performance.
In this expertly crafted debut, Daane shares several strategies “designed to fuel the brain and develop capacity for improved performance.” He concentrates on three areas—nutrition, exercise, and neuroscience—and combines relevant contemporary research with his own techniques. He writes that “an alarming number of executives” are burned out and exhausted and that many organizations’ employees are disengaged. He then suggests that executives who demonstrate positive behaviors, such as healthy eating and regular exercise, can inspire those who work for them. The book’s section about overcoming bad stress by eating well and maintaining good exercise habits covers subject matter that’s been amply covered by others before. Fresher and more valuable, however, is its discussion of “sustained attention and performance,” which includes a novel program of “Exercise in 4 Dimensions” that combines physical and sensory exercises. Daane spends a few welcome chapters on how his methods can improve creativity, and in a section on change, he makes an intriguing point: although world-class athletes train and practice far more than they actually perform, “for the average executive, this ratio is reversed.” The author suggests that executives need a performance “simulator” and that “[n]euroscience is teaching us that this is the way in which exercise and nutrition may offer the greatest benefit.” The book’s final portion details a very specific “periodization program”: 24 weeks of carefully planned activities that can lead to “brain and body health” and thus cultivate “positive leadership.” Daane also includes several case studies of people who’ve employed his methods, as well as a list of resources, including assessments and workshops provided by his firm.
An eye-opening wake-up call for executives who want to take better care of themselves.Pub Date: Feb. 17, 2015
ISBN: 978-9810930981
Page Count: 298
Publisher: CreateSpace
Review Posted Online: April 10, 2015
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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