Executive Warrior

Victor Ng

Description

Why are 87% of people not engaged at work, according to a recent Gallup global report? Among the biggest reasons are lack of purpose, loss of focus and inability to handle setbacks. To survive and thrive in today's volatile workplace, you'll need to be mentally tougher than ever. Many self-development books seem to have all the answers. This is one book that asks all the right questions and guides you to find your own answers - like how a personal coach would. - What would you choose to work as if you had to do it for free? What task on your to-do list actually gets you closer to your dreams?- How would you write your acceptance speech when you succeed?- What would Liam Neeson do? These strategic questions will make you think. Some may make you smile. All of them will help you up your game, discover new perspectives, unlock hidden potential, get "unstuck" on a problem, even get that promotion or big job. Certified executive coach and former award-winning C-suite executive Victor Ng draws on 20 years of corporate experience in one of the world's most competitive industries to take you on a journey of personal discovery and professional empowerment. Whether you're a fresh school-leaver, ambitious young executive or seasoned corporate-world veteran, you'll find the answers you've been seeking in this inspiring and indispensable self-coaching handbook.

Sujets

• Employabilité, métiers et formations

Informations

• Publié par: Marshall Cavendish International
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9789814841368
• Langue: English

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Praise for THE EXECUTIVE WARRIOR
Victor Ng shares his expertise in critical intangibles such as mental toughness, self-confidence and leadership awareness with the ease of a professional coach and personal friend.
- M ARSHALL G OLDSMITH , New York Times 1 bestselling author of Triggers , Mojo and What Got You Here Won t Get You There
Victor has the unique ability to create a powerful conversation with the reader, helping one find motivation, resilience and leadership from within. This is an inspiring self-coaching book every working professional needs to read!
- E LIM C HEW , President of 77th Street, Co-founder of FastFast Delivery and Elim Chew TV
Victor knows what good coaching is all about, and he does just that with this book, combining powerful questions with unique perspectives to deliver a motivational, thought-provoking experience for the reader. Victor has walked the path you are willing to take towards your success. Reading this book will be like taking a transformational journey to rewrite your future story: he will challenge you to choose to believe in your potential for greatness and make your own luck. You can bet on yourself, you will reach your goals and change your world!
- R OSSELLA P IN , Coach Mentor, International Coach Academy
Victor Ng shows us the blueprint to develop a powerful warrior mindset, a critical asset for today s professionals to navigate through change and challenges. With this book, he skilfully coaches the reader to set empowering goals, overcome self-doubt, achieve next-level performance, and become a resilient leader.
- A NTHONY C HOW , CEO and Co-founder of Igloohome
Mental toughness and resilience have become key survival skills in an ever-volatile work culture. In The Executive Warrior , Victor Ng takes us on a journey to develop the tough-mindedness we need to survive and succeed at work. Full of useful advice you can apply today, this book will fill you up with motivation to reach your goals.
- R HONDA W ONG , CEO of Ohmyhome
With this book, Victor Ng guides executives to find what many of them need today: purpose, resilience and a whole lot of motivation. Using the power of questions, he challenges self-limiting beliefs that hold us back from our full career potential. I d recommend this to anyone who needs a guidebook to professional success.
- W INNIE T AN , CEO and Founder of Tripzilla

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National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Name(s): Ng, Victor.
Title: The Executive Warrior: 40 powerful questions to develop mental toughness for career success / Victor Ng.
Description: First edition. | Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Business, 2018
Identifier(s): OCN 1056980930 | eISBN 978 981 4841 36 8 (paperback)
Subject(s): LCSH: Career development. | Vocational guidance. | Self-actualization (Psychology).
Classification: DDC 650.1-dc23
Printed in Singapore
To my wife and best friend: Thank you for making this book possible.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1 DREAMS: Where do you want to go?
01 How far away are you from your full potential?
02 What s your Point B?
03 What does greatness look like to you?
04 What s holding you back from being successful?
05 What is the difference you re making in the world?
PART 2 HUNGER: How much do you want it?
06 Where would you be without your talent?
07 What would it take to stop you?
08 What are you prepared to do in order to be great?
09 Whose beliefs are more important than yours?
10 How can you turn I want into I will ?
PART 3 FEAR: What s stopping you?
11 What would Liam Neeson do?
12 What s the worst that can happen?
13 What if Fear is your frenemy?
14 If you don t have to worry about what other people think of you, what would you do differently?
15 What are you pretending to be?
PART 4 FOCUS: How will you get there?
16 If you have to set a clear goal today and are held accountable for it, what would it be?
17 If you abandon Plan B, how does that affect Plan A?
18 How do you perform under pressure?
19 What task would make you put aside everything else for 45 minutes?
20 What do you see when you dream?
PART 5 COMMUNICATION: How do you connect with others?
21 What communication skills do you need to succeed?
22 How do you make a connection with someone- without an internet connection?
23 How do you make other people feel?
24 You re in a job interview. How do you win their trust?
25 How do you communicate strengths that you can t list on your CV?
PART 6 COMPETITION: Who stands in your way?
26 What kind of competitor are you?
27 What can you learn from your competition?
28 What would you do if you were your biggest rival?
29 What conventional wisdom can you go against and still win?
30 Picture yourself as an underdog. How would that change your game plan?
PART 7 ADVERSITY: What if you fail?
31 How can this current setback become an advantage in the future?
32 If you can t control luck, what can you control?
33 How many hits can you take and still keep standing?
34 What questions are you asking yourself?
35 On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you want to scream at work?
PART 8 LEADERSHIP: What makes others follow you?
36 What makes you a follower any leader would love?
37 You re the new boss. What mistakes can you not afford to make?
38 What values will guide you in the decisions you have to make today?
39 How will you deal with your detractors?
40 So you re at the top of the mountain. Where do you go from here?
About the author
Acknowledgements
T HIS BOOK GOES OUT TO all the executive warriors out there. Those who use ambition as motivation, forgo good to pursue great, even turn adversity to their advantage. These mentally tough professionals are the assets any organisation would be lucky to have. Thank you to everyone who is striving to be the best professional version of yourself-this book is for you and inspired by you.
I ve learned that turning an idea into a book is a lot harder than it sounds. I especially want to thank Melvin for believing in this book; Justin, for patiently holding my hand through it all; Mindy, for your infectious can-do approach; and the Marshall Cavendish team for the rock-star cover design.
A very special thanks to TK, for giving me my first job 20 years ago, and giving me a real salary even after I said I d work for free. Also, for imparting profound wisdom after I had all of my proposals rejected in my first week, by telling me, That s life. Keep going.
To the best executive leaders I ve spent years learning from-Linda, Matt, Mark, David and Jacques-thank you for your trust, guidance and friendship. You ve exemplified how mental toughness at work can manifest itself through grace and class.
To all the individuals I ve had the opportunity and privilege of leading, and being led by-I remember your talent. But what I recall most fondly is your tenacity and teamwork. If I had to name all of you, this section alone would make a book. But believe it or not, each and every one of you made a difference in my professional journey and came to mind when I was writing this book. For that, I thank you.
This being a self-coaching guidebook, I want to thank the world-class coaches who have helped me become the coach that I am. Thank you Rossella, Merci, Serban, Lorna, Katerina, Sunita and Rob. I ve learned so much from you. To those I ve coached, mentored and met over coffee-thank you for trusting me with your career goals and challenges. Your experiences became wonderful inspirations for this book.
Finally, to my wife and family-thanks for telling me to just write a book .
Introduction
D O YOU EVER wonder why some people seem destined to be successful at the workplace?
They appear to have all the advantages-intelligence, talent, good looks, higher education, powerful connections and, as if they even need it, good luck. While we toil to reach another rung up the corporate ladder, these privileged few are slipping into the elevator to the top floor.
Okay, stop right there. Let me share a secret with you: none of those advantages actually lead to a successful career. They might give these people a head start, but the rest of us regular folk can more than make up for lost ground.
In today s workplace-accurately described by the ominous-sounding acronym VUCA, which stands for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous-one needs more than the usual advantages to survive and thrive.
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