The Art of Sustainable Performance : Model for Recruiting & Selection and Professional Development.

Cover Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword Henk Ouwens -- Prologue: Billy Beane -- Swarms of Scouts -- Kiss of Death -- Logic, Science and Baseball -- A True Winner -- Introduction -- Time to Take Stock -- What Is Needed to Continue Performing? -- The Journey, Not the Destination -- Past Performance -- Culture of Mediocrity -- Moneyball -- 1 The Importance of Sustainable Development -- Intrinsic Motivation -- Successful Selection -- Performance Indicators and Selection Criteria -- Research Model and Questions -- Structure of the Book -- On a Final Note -- 2 Talent -- The Concept of "Talent" -- Talent Is Overrated -- Individuals Who Excel -- Winner DNA or Dedication? -- Goldmines -- Deliberate practice -- Results of the Study -- 3 Intelligence, Willpower and Intrinsic Motivation -- Intelligence and Willpower -- Discipline and Rules -- Ego Depletion -- Intrinsic motivation -- The Motivation Continuum -- Motivation 3.0 -- Results of the Study -- 4 Adaptability -- The Importance of Adaptability -- VUCA -- Radical Changes -- Agile talent -- Results of the Study -- 5 Self-efficacy -- Risk Avoidance -- Domain-specific Knowledge Is Power -- What Is Self-efficacy? -- Deliberate Practice and Self-efficacy -- Top Performers See Less and Understand More -- Top Performers See the Future -- Top Performers Know More by Seeing Less -- A Powerful Combination -- Results of the Study -- 6 Work Engagement -- Success through Enthusiasm -- The Theory of Work Engagement -- Supreme Satisfaction -- Highly Energetic Leading Doers (HELD) -- Personal Sources of Energy -- Results of the Study -- 7 Vigor -- Energy and Motivation -- The Hedgehog Concept -- The Need for Vigor -- Focus -- Vigor and Self-efficacy -- Results of the Study -- 8 Organizational Fit -- Fit with Job and Supervisor -- Organizational Culture and Change.

Conditions for Success -- Results of the Study -- 9 Performance Culture - All Blacks -- The Organization as a Tribe -- Whakapapa: The Higher Purpose -- Ubuntu: Connection to Others and the Organization -- Whanau: Ownership -- Mana: Talent is Good, Character is Better -- 10 The Art of Sustainable Performance: The Zeigarnik Effect -- The Brilliant Waiter -- Memory Experiments -- A Plan is Crucial -- Subconscious Ability -- Letting Go without Losing Focus -- Recruitment and Selection -- Conclusion and Summary -- Professional Development -- Organizational Development -- Tools -- Checklist Recruitment &amp -- Selection -- Questionnaire Self-efficacy -- Questionnaire Adaptability -- Questionnaire Work Engagement -- The STAR and STARR(A) Methods -- Appendices -- Appendix I - Justification of the Study -- Appendix II - Most Important Results of the Study on Performance Indicators -- Appendix III - Correlation Matrix -- Appendix IV - Correlation Matrix factors -- Appendix V - Regression Analysis -- Appendix VI - Results of the Study on the Use of Selection Criteria -- Appendix VII - Results of the Study on Pad-analysis and Fit Research Model (Structural Equation Modelling) -- Appendix VIII - Research Model Analysis - Model-fit Analysis (AMOS) -- Appendix IX - Glossary -- Notes -- Sources of Inspiration -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

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