Executive Think Time: Thinking that Gets Results [Paperback]

Ellen Fredericks (Author), Val Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2004

Whether you are a seasoned executive or a new executive, this book will challenge your beliefs about how you spend your time to get results. After years of coaching hundreds of executives and managers, authors Ellen Fredericks and Val Williams realized that a key element for success was missing for today's leaders, namely, strategic think time. The Executive Think Time model is designed to help you increase, structure, and optimize essential strategic think time that will get you out of the details and back in touch with the bigger picture. Using 4 simple steps, you will take your thinking to a higher and broader level. Discover how to slow down, be less reactive, be more productive, and feel more prepared, especially about the future. Because if you aren't thinking about the future, who is?

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About the Author

Authors Ellen Fredericks and Val Williams are Master Certified Coaches and former corporate executives. They have worked with national firms such as Pfizer, Prudential, Merck, AT&T, Gateway, and IBM.

Product Details

• Paperback: 105 pages
• Publisher: Shadowbrook Publishing (February 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0971200793
• ISBN-13: 978-0971200791
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,115,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thinking instead of fire drills!, May 17, 2004

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This review is from: Executive Think Time: Thinking that Gets Results (Paperback)

This "little" book is BIG on concept and content. Having been a part of 4 large corporations over the past 25 years, I know that the thought process taught in the book could have made a difference. I am amazed at the number of top level executives who spend all of their time on the tactical issues only planning day to day when the weekly sales numbers arrive. I can't begin to count my wasted hours in the middle management/senior director ranks because the top level didn't THINK. I knew there had to be a better way. Practice the Executive Think Time Model and enjoy the results and your free time!

5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding the distinctions in this book takes your executive thinking to a higher & broader level!, February 6, 2007

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Lee Say Keng "KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURER/TECHNOLOGY... (Ho Chi Minh City/Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Executive Think Time: Thinking that Gets Results (Paperback)

Executive Think Time, by Ellen Fredericks & Val Williams

For a small book, stretching just over 100 pages, this wonderful book packs a lot of punch. There are only six short chapters, each of which is crisply written & to the point.

In a nut shell, this book offers several distinctions, as follows, to help strategic thinkers to get more results from their thinking endeavours:

- reactive vs proactive;
- intentional vs random;
- tactical vs strategic;
- boundaries vs standards;
- dialogue vs debate;
- inquire vs interrogate;
- optimise vs utilise;

This is the part of the book I like most as understanding these distinctions - & putting the simple steps to work - takes your executive thinking to a higher & broader level.

Read this book if you are thinking about the future.