The Stress Effect, Henry L. Thompson
The Stress Effect, Henry L. Thompson
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The Stress Effect
Why Smart Leaders Make Dumb Decisions--And What to Do About It

Author: Henry L. Thompson

Narrator: David Drummond

Unabridged: 10 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/20/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The ability to make sound and timely decisions is the mark of a good leader. But when leaders with otherwise strong track records suddenly begin making poor decisionsas seen in the recent corporate scandals that rocked the business worldthe impact can be widespread. In The Stress Effect, leadership expert Henry L. Thompson argues that stress is often the real culprit behind this leadership failure: when leaders stress levels become sufficiently elevatedwhether in the boardroom or on the front lines of daily businesstheir ability to effectively use their emotional intelligence and cognitive ability in tandem to make wise decisions is significantly impaired. For example: An MIT study found something termed "analysis paralysis" whereby people who were given too much information in making stock decisions did not perform as well as people who received less information.  When given too many options, our brains become overloaded and we feel forced to pick an option which might not be the best one for the situation.  Until now, experts have argued that increasing your emotional intelligence will help you cope with and manage stress. This book suggests that stress actually blocks access to your emotional intelligence as well as your cognitive ability, two critical components in the decision-making process. This book: Shows how stress adversely affects the performance of even the most savvy leaders Reveals the truth about one of the prime factors behind the current failure of leadership Offers a solid prescription for building a stress resilient system and arms leaders with best practices for managing specific stressors that take the biggest toll on decision making. A groundbreaking and insightful resource for leaders, The Stress Effect reopens the dialogue on stress, its effect on decision making, and what to do about it.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Noah

Interesting details on unconscious and conscious decision making processes. Parts of book uninteresting as author passes nutrition and exercise as novel concepts when it comes to leadership and decision making.......more

Goodreads review by Marrije

thorough book, but I didn't find that many new, helpful de-stressing ideas in it. Loved the airline and military disaster stories, though.......more

Henry L. Thompson, Ph.D., Author The Stress Effect: Why Smart Leaders Make Dumb Decisions Jossey-Bass, ISBN 978-0-470-58903-8 Non-Fiction-business, leadership, educational, self-help 329 pages May 2010 Review for Bookpleasures Reviewer-Michelle Kaye Malsbury, BSBM, MM Review Dr. Thompson has authored nume......more

Goodreads review by Mat

It’s a great book to understand the role that stress plays in your daily cognitive life. If you don’t think about the concept I think you are largely unaware of the serious detrimental role of stress and how it impacts your leadership and decision making. Also interesting to see the positive benefit......more

Thank you. Thank you for putting together years of experience in stress management. I have to come to accept it as a strengthening tool to help me cope through life, family but especially how I can benefit from it then pay it forward by teaching what I have learned. Zeke April 2020 San Antonio, Texa......more