The Stress Effect: Why Smart Leaders Make Dumb Decisions–And What to Do About It
The Stress Effect: Why Smart Leaders Make Dumb Decisions–And What to Do About It
Reveals the powerful and undermining effects of stress on good decision making-and what leaders can do about itThe 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 decisions-as seen in the recent corporate scandals that rocked the business world-the 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 elevated-whether in the boardroom or on the front line of a manufacturing process-their ability to effectively use their emotional intelligence and cognitive ability in tandem to make wise decisions is significantly impaired. 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
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The Stress Effect,
Riveting to say the least, Thompson’s book delivers. He takes seemingly common sense ideas and makes them come alive. Sure, any nincompoop with half a brain knows stress makes people not act as they should and that things like nutrition and sleep aid stress. Big whoop. What is marvelous is how this book makes those ideas come to life and not seem boring. Interesting is how many of the examples are of pilots, not just CEOs. Many psychological diagrams are given for the ease of the reader’s understanding, too. Emotional intelligence and qualities of leaders are highly expounded upon.
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|Timely and Important Contribution to Stress Literature,
The Stress Effect is a timely book! I particularly like its practical applications. It begins by explaining how we think and make decisions and how stress affects our ability to do both. Many of the later chapters, however, have specific tools, such as instructions on how to make a stress dashboard or a stress bubble graph. I checked out The Stress Effect webpage, where I found quite a few additional resources, including a well-developed book guide with activities and a developmental plan that goes chapter by chapter. It also has an assessment called ARSENAL that helps you gauge how stress might be affecting your health. I don’t think I’ll work through all of the resource materials, but I’m sure I’ll use a number of them.
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