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Sabbaticals, 13, 191–192

Sabotage, 97–98

Sadness, 122, 204

SARA (Shock, Anger, Rejection, Acceptance) model, 26–27, 204

Scandals, corporate, 178, 179

Scapegoating, 5, 26, 86

SEC investigation, 179

Self-awareness: from being fired or passed over, 117–118

effectiveness leadership and, 11

for emotional intelligence, 188

from reactions to bad boss or coworker, 105

from work-family balance passage, 155–156. See also Reflection

Self-confidence: in first-time leader passage, 52, 56

in general managers, 74

in joining-a-company passage, 35, 43

and reactions to being fired or passed over, 112–113

resilience and, 203

in stretch assignment passages, 60–62

work-family balance and, 154–155. See also Overconfidence

Self-definition. See Identity

Self-destruction, signs of, 111–114

Self-doubt, 203, 204

Self-pity: in losing-faith-in-the-system passage, 183–184

as reaction to bad boss or coworker, 106

as reaction to personal upheaval passage, 174

Self-regulation, 188

Senior executives: communities of, 112

dysfunctional or abusive, 198–199

famous feuds of, 101

as new hires, 39–41

Service to others, 164–166, 214

Shakespeare, W., 10

Shock, 26–27, 205

Short-term versus long-term paradox, 78–79

Silicon Valley company, 180–182

Skepticism: in companies, 178–179, 182–183

from others, in stretch assignment passage, 63–64. See also Losing-faith-in-the-system passage

Small business leadership, as developmental experience, 67–68, 73–74

Smart, B., 40

Socrates, 169

South America, living in, 139

Speed versus patience paradox, 78

Standardization versus innovation paradox, 78

Stanley Works, 68

Status quo maintenance: by new general managers, 75–76

timing of change versus, 66–67

Stress, 207

Stretch assignments: candidates for, 69

case examples of, 60–62

challenges of, 58, 62–65

company support for, 67–69, 193–194

early, for future CEOs, 67–68

excitement of, 62–63

learning from, 16–17, 58, 68–69

pain in, 59–65

passage of, 58–69

types of, 58–59, 67–68

Success: attitudes toward family and, 154

defining ambition and, 157–159

learning as way to, 6–8, 11

prior, and learning, 32, 41

role of failure in, 1–2, 16, 81, 84–85, 192–194

Succession planning: expanded view of potentials for, 190–192, 196–197

for general manager position, 80

integration of learning from passages in, 188–189, 190–192, 194

stretch assignments for, 67–68

traditional approach to, 187, 188–189

Supervisory roles, moving into. See Leadership roles, moving into

Support, emotional: asking for, 173–174

in being-fired-or-passed-over passage, 115

from families, 155, 207, 208. See also Networks and networking

Survive-and-thrive guide, 201–214

Surviving: acquisition or merger, 122–123

being fired or passed over, 117