D. Christopher Kayes – författare

In the age of knowledge, organizations survive and thrive only when they learn. All too often, when organizations are confronted with novel or changing situations, the process of learning breaks down and the result is catastrophic. In Organizational Resilience: How Learning Sustains Organizations in Crisis, Disaster, and Breakdown, D. Christopher Kayes explains why all organizational leaders should be concerned about learning and the dire consequences that may ensue if they are not. Kayes draws on the foundational ideas of philosopher John Dewey, then connects this philosophy to contemporary studies on learning, management, and organizations. Through a wide range of examples from the realms of government, finance, engineering, healthcare, and commercial air travel, he describes how learning can help organizations weather crises and outlines specific ways that leaders can learn from their experience.The first comprehensive review of how learning sustains organizations in challenging times, Organizational Resilience is essential reading for crisis managers, disaster-recovery team leaders, continuity-of-operations planning professionals, emergency-management professionals, and leaders at all levels who want their organizations to thrive.

Highlighting the best in management learning theory and practices, the authors provide a comprehensive approach to leadership from a learning perspective. This exciting new book, from award-winning authorities on learning, describes how leaders gain the advantage when they cultivate learning in themselves and others.

Highlighting the best in management learning theory and practices, the authors provide a comprehensive approach to leadership from a learning perspective. This exciting new book, from award-winning authorities on learning, describes how leaders gain the advantage when they cultivate learning in themselves and others.

A research-backed guide to leading with confidence and resilience in an age of anxiety.Leading is inevitably frustrating and emotionally demanding, yet leaders get little training in how to deal with painful emotions. Since the global pandemic, stresses on leaders have only grown. To lead effectively in an age of anxiety, leaders must build the capacity to act in spite of unpleasant emotions, and bring a learning mindset to challenges that can otherwise feel overwhelming. Leading Outside Your Comfort Zone draws on a wide body of research to show how well-being and resilience emerges from this struggle; leaders grow by adopting a learning mindset in the face of unpleasant emotions. The book explains how to:- Confidently face new challenges- Accelerate progress toward goals- Improve productivity during discouraging, "unfruitful" periods- Overcome frustration with difficult personalities and organizational politics- Build confidence and a mindset of stress-less productivity- Build resilience throughout the organizationLeadership expert D. Christopher Kayes integrates insights from diverse disciplines, including management and organization studies, psychology, sports and military psychology, neuroscience, and education, and presents original research involving over 1,000 leaders. The book focuses on five tools that help leaders develop positive emotional engagement, creative problem-solving, learning identity, flexibility, and social support.

This textbook equips students with the latest research on analyzing and improving individual and organizational performance. Each chapter starts with key terms, then contains a short, engaging summary of the central concepts, a spotlight on research to encourage practical application of academic research, one authoritative reading from topic experts, a real-world case study from a contemporary organization, and experiential exercises that bring topic concepts to life. Each section contains an extended case study that integrates concepts across multiple chapters.This new edition offers an updated format and integrates the foundations of organizational behavior, as well as the latest thinking on topics set in a contemporary context, such as virtual work and working in the gig economy. Throughout the book, the authors address how AI is reshaping workplace dynamics.Whether undergraduates or graduate students, this text helps learners experience life in contemporary organizations. It is designed with learning in mind, as each chapter engages the learning cycle: experiencing through exercises, reflecting on personal experience, drawing on theory, and applying through case studies.