Virtuous leaders : strategy, character, and influence in the 21st century / Richard R. Kilburg.
By: Kilburg, Richard R
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TextPublisher: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xii, 254 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781433810961; 1433810964.Subject(s): Leadership | Executive ability | Strategic planningDDC classification: 303.3/4 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 303.34 K551 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003133485 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Timeless Need for Leaders -- ch. 2 Establishing Strategy and Setting Direction: What Is Expected From Executives -- ch. 3 The Psychodynamic Origins of Seven Deadl Management Errors -- ch. 4 Wisdom, Courage, Temperance, Justice, and Reverence: Platonic Virtues and Leadership Competence -- ch. 5 Reverence and Temperance: Foundations for Virtuous Leadership -- ch. 6 The Evolution of Executive Conscience and the Practice of Justice -- ch. 7 The Arts of Strategic Influence: Making Effective Performance Possible.
The author contends that effective leadership is a combination of specific behaviorally based competencies and virtuous aspects of character. He states that, despite all the complexities of the modern world, the foundations of executive leadership can be found in the timeless and enduring virtues of the ancient Chinese and Greeks. Provides discussions of classical and modern literatures on virtue and executive leadership, and exercises and questionnaires that translate models of leadership into plans for action,
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