10 Virtues of Outstanding Leaders
Leadership and Character
Foundations of Business Ethics
1. Auflage April 2013
226 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-470-67230-3
John Wiley & Sons
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.
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
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
"If this was, indeed, their intention, I believe they have
been entirely successful. Also, as I said earlier, it's a
very good read. And, if that phrase seems to trivialise it,
let me add that it includes an abundance of references and
signposts to sources of further study, which gives it undoubted
academic cachet." (New Nurturing Potential, 1
July 2013)
"Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is an
extraordinarily insightful, compelling, and timely discussion of
the very foundation of leadership--the character of leaders.
Al Gini and Ronald Green powerfully and persuasively make the case
that it's imperative for leaders to be attuned to their
ethical responsibility to others. And they are right. All the
programs to develop leaders, all the courses and classes, all the
books and tapes, all the blogs and Websites offering tips and
techniques are meaningless unless the people who are supposed to
follow believe in the person who's supposed to lead. In an era in
which it often seems that anything goes, it's vital that
every leader and every leadership educator take Gini's and
Green's message to heart. It's vital not only to their
personal success, it's vital to the long-term viability of
our society. Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is a
must-read, and I urge you to get started immediately."
--Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership
Challenge and The Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey
School of Business, Santa Clara University
"Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is a thoughtful
and thorough exploration of that knottiest of all leadership
questions - what constitutes "good" leadership? Gini and Green have
been wrestling with related issues for years, and it shows. The
book is a valuable contribution to the never ending discussion of
what it takes to lead wisely and well."
--Barbara Kellerman, Harvard Kennedy School, and author and
editor of many books on leadership and followership including, most
recently, The End of Leadership and Leadership: Essential
Selections on Power, Authority, and Influence
"Few leadership books mine the field of philosophy for its
practical knowledge. Few use the treasury of insights available in
the writings of philosophers that speak to issues of character and
ethics, ones that are critical for successful leadership. Fewer
still apply those insights to living examples of leadership:
Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Steve Jobs. In their new
book, Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders, the philosophers
Gini and Green do all this, and more."
--Thomas Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman Professor, The
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the
Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, and coauthor of
Ties that Bind: A Social Contracts Approach to Business
Ethics
been entirely successful. Also, as I said earlier, it's a
very good read. And, if that phrase seems to trivialise it,
let me add that it includes an abundance of references and
signposts to sources of further study, which gives it undoubted
academic cachet." (New Nurturing Potential, 1
July 2013)
"Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is an
extraordinarily insightful, compelling, and timely discussion of
the very foundation of leadership--the character of leaders.
Al Gini and Ronald Green powerfully and persuasively make the case
that it's imperative for leaders to be attuned to their
ethical responsibility to others. And they are right. All the
programs to develop leaders, all the courses and classes, all the
books and tapes, all the blogs and Websites offering tips and
techniques are meaningless unless the people who are supposed to
follow believe in the person who's supposed to lead. In an era in
which it often seems that anything goes, it's vital that
every leader and every leadership educator take Gini's and
Green's message to heart. It's vital not only to their
personal success, it's vital to the long-term viability of
our society. Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is a
must-read, and I urge you to get started immediately."
--Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership
Challenge and The Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey
School of Business, Santa Clara University
"Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is a thoughtful
and thorough exploration of that knottiest of all leadership
questions - what constitutes "good" leadership? Gini and Green have
been wrestling with related issues for years, and it shows. The
book is a valuable contribution to the never ending discussion of
what it takes to lead wisely and well."
--Barbara Kellerman, Harvard Kennedy School, and author and
editor of many books on leadership and followership including, most
recently, The End of Leadership and Leadership: Essential
Selections on Power, Authority, and Influence
"Few leadership books mine the field of philosophy for its
practical knowledge. Few use the treasury of insights available in
the writings of philosophers that speak to issues of character and
ethics, ones that are critical for successful leadership. Fewer
still apply those insights to living examples of leadership:
Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Steve Jobs. In their new
book, Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders, the philosophers
Gini and Green do all this, and more."
--Thomas Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman Professor, The
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the
Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, and coauthor of
Ties that Bind: A Social Contracts Approach to Business
Ethics
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).
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).
