How Managers Use the Stockdale Paradox to Balance "the Now and the Next"

Autor/inn/en	Von Bergen, C. W.; Bressler, Martin S.
Titel	How Managers Use the Stockdale Paradox to Balance "the Now and the Next"
Quelle	In: Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 7 (2017) 2, S.70-80 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2153-7615
Schlagwörter	Leadership; Logical Thinking; Positive Attitudes; Resilience (Psychology); Abstract Reasoning; Organizational Culture; Tragedy; Organizational Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führung; Führungsposition; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Unternehmenskultur; Tragik; Organisationswandel
Abstract	Recent discussions of leadership paradoxes have suggested that managers who can hold seemingly opposed, yet interrelated perspectives, are more adaptive and effective. One such paradox that has received relatively little attention is the "Stockdale Paradox," named after Admiral James Stockdale, an American naval officer who was held captive for seven and one-half years during the Vietnam War and survived imprisonment in large part because he held beliefs of optimism about the future, while simultaneously acknowledging the current reality of the desperate situation in which he found himself. This contradictory tension enabled him and his followers to emerge from their situation not just unbroken, but stronger. Such paradoxical thinking has been empirically supported by mental contrasting research demonstrating the effectiveness of visualizing a positive future yet recognizing the reality of the current situation. This apparent dichotomy provides an important lesson for leaders who must remain optimistic, yet face the reality of their present condition, and is symbolic of an overarching, general tension leaders face in addressing "the now and the next." (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01