Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders – Leadership and Character

Leadership and Character

Gebonden Engels 2013 9780470672303
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What makes a good leader? Ten leaders, ten key virtues

This readable distillation of the core common features of successful leaders shows how an individual′s character, and especially their virtue, is the defining factor. Without these ten vital virtues, leadership becomes "misleadership." The authors, both renowned business ethicists, combine theory with fascinating biographical detail on exemplary leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Oprah Winfrey. The result is an accessible text on the ethics of leadership which, unlike many publications that claim to reveal the secrets of success as a leader, is informed by a wealth of exceptional academic experience.

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ISBN13:9780470672303
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:226

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<p>About the Authors x</p>
<p>Prologue xi</p>
<p>Part I Character Leadership 1</p>
<p>1 What Is Leadership? 3</p>
<p>A Reflection 4</p>
<p>Ethics, Virtue, and Character 9</p>
<p>2 Misleadership 13</p>
<p>What Is Bad Leadership? 14</p>
<p>Misleaders 15</p>
<p>Bad Followers 17</p>
<p>A Few Examples 18</p>
<p>3 Character and Leadership 22</p>
<p>Character and Integrity 24</p>
<p>The Dark Side of Character 28</p>
<p>Character as Goodwill 35</p>
<p>4 Leadership and Business Excellence 38</p>
<p>Ethics in Business 39</p>
<p>Workplace Ethics 41</p>
<p>Leaders as Role Models 42</p>
<p>A Culture of Narcissism 44</p>
<p>5 The Ten Virtues 47</p>
<p>Deep Honesty 51</p>
<p>Moral Courage 53</p>
<p>Moral Vision 54</p>
<p>Compassion and Care 55</p>
<p>Fairness 58</p>
<p>Intellectual Excellence 60</p>
<p>Creative Thinking 62</p>
<p>Aesthetic Sensitivity 63</p>
<p>Good Timing 64</p>
<p>Deep Selfl essness 65</p>
<p>Part II Leadership in Action 71</p>
<p>6 James Burke and the Tylenol Poisoning Episodes: Deep Honesty 73</p>
<p>Burke s Rise to Leadership 74</p>
<p>Response to Crisis 75</p>
<p>A Further Challenge 78</p>
<p>7 Abraham Lincoln/Rosa Parks: Moral Courage 81</p>
<p>Courage: Physical and Moral 82</p>
<p>Team of Rivals 84</p>
<p>An Important Bus Ride 86</p>
<p>Shared Convictions 87</p>
<p>8 Winston Churchill: Moral Judgment and Moral Vision 90</p>
<p>Churchill versus Halifax 91</p>
<p>The War Cabinet Meets 94</p>
<p>Churchill s Judgment 99</p>
<p>The Hinge of Fate 103</p>
<p>9 Oprah Winfrey: Compassion and Care 106</p>
<p>Star Status and More 107</p>
<p>Her Fan Base 109</p>
<p>The Book Club 111</p>
<p>Leadership Is a Relationship 113</p>
<p>10 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Sicilian Slapping Incidents: Fairness 117</p>
<p>The Slapping Incidents 118</p>
<p>The Challenges Ike Faced 120</p>
<p>Ike s Response 122</p>
<p>11 FDR and the A–Bomb: Intellectual Excellence 127</p>
<p>The Scientifi c Background 128</p>
<p>Roosevelt s Preparation for Leadership 129</p>
<p>Hitler s Ascent to Leadership 133</p>
<p>The A–Bomb Decision: The United States 136</p>
<p>The A–Bomb Decision: Germany 139</p>
<p>12 Herb Kelleher and the People of Southwest Airlines:</p>
<p>Creative Thinking 145</p>
<p>Southwest s Start 146</p>
<p>Southwest s Service Innovations 147</p>
<p>Southwest and Its People 150</p>
<p>13 Steve Jobs and Apple: Aesthetic Sensitivity 158</p>
<p>Beginnings 158</p>
<p>The Macintosh 160</p>
<p>The Whole Widget 162</p>
<p>Learning from Failure 164</p>
<p>Apple Reborn 167</p>
<p>The Centrality of Design 170</p>
<p>14 Charles de Gaulle and Exiting Algeria: Good Timing 173</p>
<p>Youth and the First World War 174</p>
<p>Up to the Battle of France 175</p>
<p>Postwar Retreat amidst Political and Military Turmoil 177</p>
<p>Taking Command 179</p>
<p>Aftermath 183</p>
<p>15 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Deep Selflessness 185</p>
<p>His Calling 187</p>
<p>His Gift 189</p>
<p>His Legacy 193</p>
<p>16 Conclusion 195</p>
<p>Index 203</p>

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