Introduction: What Would Jane Do? -- "Universal Truths" Are Anything But: Like Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, know your inherent value -- Being "Mistress of Myself" Ain't Easy, Sister: Like Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility, respond to difficulty with an internal calm, acceptance, and problem-solving resilience -- In Defense of Seafaring Folks with Weathered Skin: Like Anne Elliot from Persuasion, choose hard work and merit -- A Better Guide In Ourselves: Like Fanny Price of Mansfield Park, insist on faithfully following your internal moral compass -- Learning to Love Is the Thing: Like Catherine Morland of Northanger Abbey, protect and retain your internal childlike dreaming, wonder, curiosity, passion, and hope -- "She Thinks a Little Too Well of Herself": Like Emma Woodhouse from Emma, remain humble, open, and willing to learn -- Putting It All Together: Internally Referenced Leadership as Balanced Paradox -- Internally Referenced Leadership: A Fine Balance.
Summary:
"What can organizational leaders in business, education, government, and most any enterprise learn from an unemployed, unmarried woman who lived in patriarchal, misogynistic rural England more than 200 years ago? As it turns out, a great deal. In identifying the core virtues of Austen's heroines-confidence, integrity, humility, playfulness, pragmatism, and diligence-Andrea Kayne uncovers the six principles of internally referenced leadership. Utilizing practical exercises, real-life case studies, and literary and leadership scholarship, Kicking Ass in a Corset is a road map for effective leadership that teaches readers of any age or profession how to tune out the external noise and listen to themselves"-- Provided by publisher.
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