Al Gini, Ronald M Green

10 Virtues of Outstanding Leaders

Leadership and Character

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Produktbeschreibung

Arguing that an individual's character--particularly as constituted by ten particular virtues--is the core factor in determining leadership ability, this book offers a fresh perspective on a subject which has spawned hundreds of books claiming to share the secret ingredients of a leader's success. Here, exemplars as varied as Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Steve Jobs, and Oprah Winfrey provide the evidence for ten core leadership virtues that combined to make them figures of inspiration and influence. The authors bring their decades of scholarship in business, ethics, philosophy, and leadership to bear on a topic which could scarcely be more timely and resonant. They show how leadership is a lived process that involves more than facts and theories, and that missing key characteristics lends itself all too easily to the conduct of 'misleadership'. Time, place, issues, and circumstances may shape the outcomes of those aspiring to govern the actions of their fellows, but true leadership flows from an individual's character, ethical principles, and desire to be of service to others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WILEY
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9780470672303
• ISBN-10: 0470672307
• Artikelnr.: 36813505

Autorenporträt

Al Gini is a Professor of Business Ethics and Chair of the Department of Management in the School of Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago. He is also the cofounder and long time Associate Editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the journal of the Society for Business Ethics. For over twenty-three years he has been the Resident Philosopher on National Public Radio's Chicago affiliate, WBEZ-FM, and he regularly lectures to community and professional organizations on issues of business and ethics. His books include: My Job My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual (Routledge, 2000); The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations (Routledge, 2003); Why It's Hard to Be Good (Routledge, 2006); and, most recently, he helped to edit and wrote the prologues for The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler (The Great Books Foundation, 2007) and Even Deadlier: A Sequel (The Great Books Foundation, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors x

Prologue xi

Part I Character Leadership 1

1 What Is Leadership? 3

A Reflection 4

Ethics, Virtue, and Character 9

2 Misleadership 13

What Is Bad Leadership? 14

Misleaders 15

Bad Followers 17

A Few Examples 18

3 Character and Leadership 22

Character and Integrity 24

The Dark Side of Character 28

Character as Goodwill 35

4 Leadership and Business Excellence 38

Ethics in Business 39

Workplace Ethics 41

Leaders as Role Models 42

A Culture of Narcissism 44

5 The Ten Virtues 47

Deep Honesty 51

Moral Courage 53

Moral Vision 54

Compassion and Care 55

Fairness 58

Intellectual Excellence 60

Creative Thinking 62

Aesthetic Sensitivity 63

Good Timing 64

Deep Selfl essness 65

Part II Leadership in Action 71

6 James Burke and the Tylenol Poisoning Episodes: Deep Honesty73

Burke's Rise to Leadership 74

Response to Crisis 75

A Further Challenge 78

7 Abraham Lincoln/Rosa Parks: Moral Courage 81

Courage: Physical and Moral 82

Team of Rivals 84

An Important Bus Ride 86

Shared Convictions 87

8 Winston Churchill: Moral Judgment and Moral Vision 90

Churchill versus Halifax 91

The War Cabinet Meets 94

Churchill's Judgment 99

The Hinge of Fate 103

9 Oprah Winfrey: Compassion and Care 106

Star Status and More 107

Her Fan Base 109

The Book Club 111

Leadership Is a Relationship 113

10 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Sicilian Slapping Incidents:Fairness 117

The Slapping Incidents 118

The Challenges Ike Faced 120

Ike's Response 122

11 FDR and the A-Bomb: Intellectual Excellence 127

The Scientifi c Background 128

Roosevelt's Preparation for Leadership 129

Hitler's Ascent to Leadership 133

The A-Bomb Decision: The United States 136

The A-Bomb Decision: Germany 139

12 Herb Kelleher and the People of Southwest Airlines:

Creative Thinking 145

Southwest's Start 146

Southwest's Service Innovations 147

Southwest and Its People 150

13 Steve Jobs and Apple: Aesthetic Sensitivity 158

Beginnings 158

The Macintosh 160

The Whole Widget 162

Learning from Failure 164

Apple Reborn 167

The Centrality of Design 170

14 Charles de Gaulle and Exiting Algeria: Good Timing 173

Youth and the First World War 174

Up to the Battle of France 175

Postwar Retreat amidst Political and Military Turmoil 177

Taking Command 179

Aftermath 183

15 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Deep Selflessness 185

His Calling 187

His Gift 189

His Legacy 193

16 Conclusion 195

Index 203

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

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