Ten virtues of outstanding leaders :leadership and character

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; About the Authors; Prologue; Part I: Character Leadership; 1: What Is Leadership?; A Reflection; Ethics, Virtue, and Character; 2: Misleadership; What Is Bad Leadership?; Misleaders; Bad Followers; A Few Examples; 3: Character and Leadership; Character and Integrity; The Dark Side of Character; Character as Goodwill; 4: Leadership and Business Excellence; Ethics in Business; Workplace Ethics; Leaders as Role Models; A Culture of Narcissism; 5: The Ten Virtues; Deep Honesty; Moral Courage; Moral Vision; Compassion and Care; Fairness.;Intellectual ExcellenceCreative Thinking; Aesthetic Sensitivity; Good Timing; Deep Selflessness; Part II: Leadership in Action; 6: James Burke and the Tylenol Poisoning Episodes: Deep Honesty; Burke's Rise to Leadership; Response to Crisis; A Further Challenge; 7: Abraham Lincoln/Rosa Parks: Moral Courage; Courage: Physical and Moral; Team of Rivals; An Important Bus Ride; Shared Convictions; 8: Winston Churchill: Moral Judgment and Moral Vision; Churchill versus Halifax; The War Cabinet Meets; Churchill's Judgment; The Hinge of Fate; 9: Oprah Winfrey: Compassion and Care.;Star Status and MoreHer Fan Base; The Book Club; Leadership Is a Relationship; 10: Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Sicilian Slapping Incidents: Fairness; The Slapping Incidents; The Challenges Ike Faced; Ike's Response; 11: FDR and the A-Bomb: Intellectual Excellence; The Scientific Background; Roosevelt's Preparation for Leadership; Hitler's Ascent to Leadership; The A-Bomb Decision: The United States; The A-Bomb Decision: Germany; 12: Herb Kelleher and the People of Southwest Airlines: Creative Thinking; Southwest's Start; Southwest's Service Innovations; Pricing; Novel tactics.;Southwest and Its PeopleEmployees come first; No layoffs; Profit sharing; Unionization; The primacy of relationships and maintaining trust; 13: Steve Jobs and Apple: Aesthetic Sensitivity; Beginnings; The Macintosh; The Whole Widget; Learning from Failure; Apple Reborn; The Centrality of Design; 14: Charles de Gaulle and Exiting Algeria: Good Timing; Youth and the First World War; Up to the Battle of France; Postwar Retreat amidst Political and Military Turmoil; Taking Command; Aftermath; 15: Martin Luther King, Jr.: Deep Selflessness; His Calling; His Gift; His Legacy; 16: Conclusion; Index."

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Includes bibliographical references and index.