Time Mastery: How Temporal Intelligence Will Make You a Stronger, More Effective Leader

by John K. Clemens, Scott Dalrymple

To be most effective, leaders must move beyond time management to time mastery. Time managers are reliant on clocks and calendars; time masters develop an intuitive sense of timing. Time managers see time as a fixed, rigid constant; time masters view it as relative and malleable. Time masters have what John Clemens and Scott Dalrymple call the critical skill of "temporal intelligence." Based on more than four years of research, Time Mastery includes dozens of examples of leaders whose temporal intelligence has helped them achieve business breakthroughs at organizations such as GE, 3M, Staples, and Dell. Readers will learn to develop six time-mastery behaviors, including how treat time as a continuous "flow" of peak experience * set the rhythm of their organization * look beyond the moment and encourage long-term, strategic thinking * and use time as an energizing principle that drives improvement. With intriguing examples from sports, science, history, and the performing arts, as well as business, Time Mastery takes a fascinating, in-depth look at a surprising new leadership skill.

Genres: Business, Management, Leadership

210 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2005

About the author

Interests: Leadership and its relationship to the humanities, sailing, temporal intelligence, marketing. Founder and executive director of The Hartwick Humanities in Management Institute. Books include Contingency Seamanship (a chronicle of mistakes made during a five-year cruise in the Mediterranean Sea aboard a 26 foot sloop); The Classic Touch: Lessons in Leadership from Homer to Hemingway (with Douglas F. Mayer); Timeless Leadership (with Steve Albrecht); Movies to Manage By: Lessons in Leadership from Great Films (with Melora Wolff); and Time Mastery: How Temporal Intelligence Will Make You a Stronger, More Effective Leader (with Scott Dalrymple).

Courses recently taught: Service Industries; Introduction to Business; Business Policy and Strategy (senior capstone course)

Education: Doctor of Humane Letters (hon.), Nova Southeastern University, 1999, LLD (hon.), Lynchburg College, Lynchburg Virginia, 1988, Master of Science, Marketing and Marketing Research, University of Illinois, 1966, Bachelor of Science, Management, University of Illinois, 1962

Experience: Account Supervisor, Ketchum Communications, San Francisco, Director of Marketing, Lawry’s Foods, Los Angeles, Marketing Manager, The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis.

Philosophy of Education: Every person in a classroom is a teacher and a learner. I love to put a hallowed business model up on the board and then watch in amazement as my students first master it and then improve upon it. I love it when students not only teach each other but also teach me. I swore off lecturing years ago. Everything in my class is interaction. I believe that out of chaos comes opportunity and understanding. Finally, I believe that humor and wit fuel the desire to learn.


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Reviews

[Manikantan Arumugasamy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book that puts in perspective how to measure time and how to enjoy doing nothing