{"product_id":"thoughtfully-ruthless-isbn-9781119222576","title":"Thoughtfully Ruthless","description":"\u003cb\u003eUnlock explosive growth potential with the true model of modern leadership\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e lays out the secret to rapid business growth by showing you how to magically invent more time, catapult your energy, and boost the productivity of your resources. Author Val Wright has worked with leaders of all stripes—from doctors to musicians to Fortune 50 C-suite executives—to help them unlock their potential and achieve the next level of success. Her experiences have shown time and time again that it's not the economy, or the market conditions, or the competition that's holding your business back. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe secret to exponential growth lies within how leaders ruthlessly manage their time, energy, and resources in parallel. Everyone is on a virtual center stage with the whole world watching and reporting every move, leaders need to know how to be ruthless in a thoughtful way. This book shows you how to become that kind of leader, and how to adopt the habits, skills, and practices of some of the most successful business leaders of our time. You'll learn how to become sensibly selfish, how to spend your time and energy, and what issues to delegate or ignore so you can clear your slate to focus on what really matters to you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world where rapid growth is the new norm, we have input overload. Leadership is much-lauded but commonly under-practiced in business today. This book is designed to help you shape your leadership to drive business growth, get you promoted faster, and create a life that you love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecover your time and energy away from black holes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocus on the factors that \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e impact your business\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentify and build the all-star team you need tomorrow—today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate magnetic support and followership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn the secret to pulling ahead of the competition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith all the boardroom handwringing about products, the new consumer, and financial results, it's easy to get sucked into issues that ultimately have only a granular effect on real growth. \u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e leadership differentiates remarkable leaders and companies. This book provides a model for growth-oriented leadership, and lays out the essential practices you should start today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Why You Need to Be Thoughtfully Ruthless 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Thoughtful and Ruthless 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trigger Points for Thoughtfully Ruthless 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Is Thoughtful? Who Is Ruthless? 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan You Name One? 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Time, Energy, and Resources 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Thoughtfully Ruthless Are You? 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 The Cost of Doing Nothing 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cost of Delay 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Downward Spiral of Gloom 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Thoughtfully Ruthless Success Loop 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Your Selfish Charter 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Sensibly Selfish Charter 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWishful Thinking Works 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Become Brilliant at Demonstrating Your Brilliance 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Your Brilliance and How Brilliantly You Demonstrate It 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Appearance Trumps Reality Every Time 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Transform from Being Humble to Shameless 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Action 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Thoughtfully Ruthless with Your Time 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 The Power of No 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Powerful Post-It 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Immediacy Effect 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Be Productively Unproductive 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Control Input Overload 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Lost Discipline List 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirty Ways to Say No 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 SHUSH!: How to Create Silence, Space, and Time 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Daily Silence 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gift of Time 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn-box in Control 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalendar Chaos 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeaningful Meetings 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Thoughtfully Ruthless Deadline Tracker 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Thoughtfully Ruthless with Your Energy 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Becoming Imperturbable 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Stop the Worry Trifecta 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRapid Thought to Action 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Imperturbable Are You? 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging the Energy Leaks 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Accelerators and Decelerators 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccelerating by Improving Your Sleep, Nutrition, and Exercise 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Divorce Your Friends and Network 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Greenhouse Effect 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePut Your Social Life on Autopilot 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Enviable Inner Circle of Advisors 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternal and External Connections 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunities 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfecting Your Team’s Connections 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurrounding Yourself with Believers 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Creating a Leapfrog Organization 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Five-Year Leap 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Intentional Annoyance Phase 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding an Exemplary Board 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaving Your Legacy 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 The Thoughtfully Ruthless Team 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSteps for Galvanizing Your Team 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Characteristics of a Galvanized Team 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo You Tolerate Mediocrity? 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Amazon versus Microsoft 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Your Culture 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan You Take the Heat? 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReward the Results You Want 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnleashing Innovation 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing the Cultural Continuum 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Express Lane to Culture Change 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Mind the Gap 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaporating Excuses 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrepare for Abrupt U-turns 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange Your View, Change Your Habits 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eListen to Who You Listen to 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvidence, Patterns, and Observed Behavior 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice Altitude Adjustment 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMake Unpopular and High-Risk Decisions 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNinety-Nine Ways to Be Thoughtfully Ruthless with Your Time 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNinety-Nine Ways to Be Thoughtfully Ruthless with Your Energy 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNinety-Nine Ways to Be Thoughtfully Ruthless with Your Resources 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 203\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVAL WRIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e works with Fortune 500 executives to accelerate growth and innovation, and creates compassionate truth telling, fearlessness, and extensive creative, technical, and leadership gains. Her clients include household names such as Starbucks, LinkedIn, Microsoft, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times,\u003c\/i\u003e and DreamWorks Animation. She's an inductee into the Million Dollar Consultant\u003csup\u003e®\u003c\/sup\u003e Hall of Fame and she is a regular contributor on CNBC, Inc., Bloomberg, Reuters, MSN and Today.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday's boardrooms are filled with executives wringing their hands over such concerns as product decisions, the new consumer, and financial results, and even if they find a solution, all their work will only have a granular effect on real growth. \u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e lays out the secret to rapid business growth by showing you how to unbelievably invent more time, catapult your energy, and boost the productivity of your resources. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Val Wright has unlocked the potential of leaders of all stripes—from doctors to musicians to C-suite executives—and guided their ascent to the next level of success. In most cases, the obstacle they overcome is not the economy, the market conditions, or the competition. In her storied career, she discovered that the secret to exponential growth comes down to how leaders ruthlessly manage their time, energy, and resources … in a thoughtful way. Through firsthand stories of the author being thoughtfully ruthless in her own career and life, she shows you how to do the same by adopting the habits, skills, and practices of some of the most successful business leaders of our time. You'll learn how to become sensibly selfish, how to spend your time and energy, and what issues to delegate or ignore so you can clear your slate to focus on what really matters to you. Designed around the principles it lays out, this straightforward resource comes packed with tangible directives that are quick and easy to use, inject fresh energy into your routine, and immediately improve the way you operate. Keep this toolkit at your fingertips for real-time coaching when you feel like hesitating, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDozens of ready-to-use assessments, exercises, and proven practical tools for accelerating growth\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcrete steps for transforming yourself from humble to shameless\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThirty ways to say \"no\" and other ways to take control of your daily input\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn appendix of 99 ways to be thoughtfully ruthless with your time, energy, and resources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eStart your transformation now and be selfish—get \u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e and shape your leadership to drive business growth, get promoted faster, and create the life you love.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for THOUGHTFULLY \u003ci\u003eRuthless\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Val Wright has worked in some of the toughest corporate cultures in business; she's seen it all. \u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e acts as a personal playbook to navigate your career in the most competitive of environments by focusing on your strengths and identifying growth opportunities for your company. Essential reading for executives at every level.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Peter Moore,\u003c\/b\u003e Chief Operating Officer, Electronic Arts \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As an executive you are expected to be a great decision maker, on 24\/7, and able to leap buildings in a single bound and do it in a way that inspires. It requires you to be at your best all the time. Val's work and book \u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e is an amazing tool that every executive or aspiring executive can learn from. Unlocking effectiveness and teaching how to take care of yourself, team, and business through transparency, and not shying away from being thoughtfully ruthless on the things that matter most. In a world filled with leadership models that feel nonauthentic and heavy, this is light and this method delivers.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—John Phillips,\u003c\/b\u003e Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, Starbucks Corporation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Val Wright has always provided the frank, honest, insightful feedback I've needed to be a better leader. \u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e takes that to the next level by focusing on the scarce resources of time and energy that challenge all of us in our professional and personal lives. Val provides the stories and insights necessary to bring her message of empowerment home in an impactful way that should be very valuable for any leader.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Robbie Bach,\u003c\/b\u003e Former Microsoft President, Chief Xbox Officer, and Author of \u003ci\u003eXbox Revisited: A Game Plan for Corporate and Civic Renewal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Val Wright is the real deal, an executive coach who 'gets it.' She will change the way you think, the way you perceive challenges, and the way you implement personal leadership. \u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e is a must for every leader who wants to up his or her game.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Kate Hill,\u003c\/b\u003e Former executive, Tribune Publishing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThoughtfully Ruthless\u003c\/i\u003e manages to capture the character of the leaders each of us has dealt with, as well as those we try to emulate, in a way that shows the depth and insightfulness of author Val Wright. I have no doubt that her experiences would allow her to determine what is necessary for one who wishes to be an effective leader. Even with this confidence, the valuable information within the book, and the enthralling way in which it is presented, she's exceeded all of my expectations, leaving me impressed and motivated to improve as a leader.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Ilan Spillinger,\u003c\/b\u003e CVP, Hololens and Custom Silicon, Microsoft Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990388981989,"sku":"NP9781119222576","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119222576.jpg?v=1761787629","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/thoughtfully-ruthless-isbn-9781119222576","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}