In business today, there is absolutely no offline and there is no downtime. Professionals are both worn out and depleted. Becoming constantly tethered to your work through technology makes us overwhelmed and shortsighted, and deprives us of time for meaningful reflection or thoughtful connection to our professional areas, and often also to our own families.

For us to thrive-not simply survive-in this accelerating economy, we have to adopt small, intentional behaviors and practice them each day. From merely caring for our rest and workout to building our self-confidence and embracing challenges, writer Shawn Hunter’s latest book Small Works of Management will show you through some incremental actions you can take to create a more powerful version of yourself and make a broader impact in the world.

Weaving in personal existence tales and meaningful interviews with business leaders around the world, Hunter presents the reader with twelve critical competencies that are consistently within the daily behaviors of today’s most successful leaders.