Al Gini, Ronald M. Green

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10 Virtues of Outstanding Leaders (eBook, PDF)

Leadership and Character

Beschreibung

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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Autor

Al Gini is Professor of Business Ethics at Loyola University Chicago, USA, where he is also Chair of the Department of Management in the Quinlan School of Business. A co-founder and long-time associate editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the journal of the Society for Business Ethics, Professor Gini has for 25 years been the resident philosopher on the NPR affiliate in Chicago, WBEZ-FM, and is a regular speaker on the public lecture circuit. His books include The Ethics of Business (2012), which he co-authored with Alexei Marcoux; Seeking The Truth of Things (2010); Why It's Hard to Be Good (2006); and The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations (2003). Ronald M. Green is Eunice & Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values at Dartmouth College, USA. He served as the director of Dartmouth's Ethics Institute from 1992 until 2011. Professor Green is actively involved in numerous fields of applied ethics, particularly bioethics and business ethics, and is a consultant to a number of leading corporations including Ogilvy & Mather. A former director of the National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute, Professor Green has also been a member of the NIH's Human Embryo Research Panel. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Professor Green's many publications include The Ethical Manager (1993) and Babies by Design (2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118551639
• Artikelnr.: 38266453

Rezensionen

"If this was, indeed, their intention, I believe they havebeen entirely successful. Also, as I said earlier, it's avery good read. And, if that phrase seems to trivialise it,let me add that it includes an abundance of references andsignposts to sources of further study, which gives it undoubtedacademic cachet." (New Nurturing Potential, 1July 2013)"Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is anextraordinarily insightful, compelling, and timely discussion ofthe very foundation of leadership--the character of leaders.Al Gini and Ronald Green powerfully and persuasively make the casethat it's imperative for leaders to be attuned to theirethical responsibility to others. And they are right. All theprograms to develop leaders, all the courses and

classes, all thebooks and tapes, all the blogs and Websites offering tips andtechniques are meaningless unless the people who are supposed tofollow believe in the person who's supposed to lead. In an era inwhich it often seems that anything goes, it's vital thatevery leader and every leadership educator take Gini's andGreen's message to heart. It's vital not only to theirpersonal success, it's vital to the long-term viability ofour society. Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is amust-read, and I urge you to get started immediately."

--Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The LeadershipChallenge and The Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership, LeaveySchool of Business, Santa Clara University

"Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is a thoughtfuland thorough exploration of that knottiest of all leadershipquestions - what constitutes "good" leadership? Gini and Green havebeen wrestling with related issues for years, and it shows. Thebook is a valuable contribution to the never ending discussion ofwhat it takes to lead wisely and well."

--Barbara Kellerman, Harvard Kennedy School, and author andeditor of many books on leadership and followership including, mostrecently, The End of Leadership and Leadership: EssentialSelections on Power, Authority, and Influence

"Few leadership books mine the field of philosophy for itspractical knowledge. Few use the treasury of insights available inthe writings of philosophers that speak to issues of character andethics, ones that are critical for successful leadership. Fewerstill apply those insights to living examples of leadership:Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Steve Jobs. In their newbook, Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders, the philosophersGini and Green do all this, and more."

--Thomas Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman Professor, TheWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Director of theZicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, and coauthor ofTies that Bind: A Social Contracts Approach to BusinessEthics