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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Leadership and Character; The Backdrop: Disaster; Getting to the 3C Framework; A Focus on Character; Digging Deeper; From Virtues to Dimensions; Can Character be Assessed?; Can Character be Developed?; Once Again: Character Matters; Notes; 2 Leading with Character; The Dimensions in Depth; Back to the Real World: Leader Character at Parker Hannifin; A Focus on Virtues; The Process; The Impact of Character Dimensions on Leader Behavior; The Impact of Character on an Organization |
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The Role of the LCIAIn Summary: Six Key Points; Notes; 3 Character and Context; Report from Social Science: Beware of Situational Pressures!; Aiming for the Virtuous Mean; The Solution Involves More Than Just "Diversity"; Who am I Becoming?; Notes; 4 Drive; Drive and Being Driven: Steve Jobs; Character Elements: What Goes into "Drive"?; Drive Complementing Other Dimensions; Drive in the Absence of Other Dimensions; A Closing Thought from Dr. Seuss; Questions to Contemplate; Notes; 5 Collaboration; Interconnectedness; Character Elements: What Goes into "Collaboration"? |
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Collaboration Complementing Other DimensionsCan Collaboration Stand Alone?; Collaboration Means Business; Questions to Contemplate; Notes; 6 Humanity; Touching Their Hearts; Character Elements: What Goes into "Humanity"?; Humanity Complementing Other Dimensions; Humanity in the Absence of Other Dimensions; Reclaiming our Humanity; Questions to Contemplate; Notes; 7 Humility; What is Humility?; Sports, Politics, and Business: Any Room for Humility?; Character Elements: What Goes into "Humility"?; Humility and a Strong Ego; Humility Complementing Other Dimensions |
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Humility in the Absence of Other DimensionsHumility and the Gifts of Imperfection; Questions to Contemplate; Notes; 8 Integrity; Integrity in the Boardroom; Character Elements: What Goes into "Integrity"?; Integrity and Ethics; Integrity Complementing Other Dimensions; Integrity in the Absence of Other Dimensions; Integrity on its Own: Not Necessarily the Winning Formula; The Standard You Walk Past; Questions to Contemplate; Notes; 9 Temperance; Temperance: Good for Business and Tennis?; Character Elements: What Goes into "Temperance"?; Temperance Complementing Other Dimensions |
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Temperance in the Absence of Other DimensionsCultivating Temperance; Questions to Contemplate; Notes; 10 Justice; The Reference Point for Justice; Character Elements: What Goes into "Justice"?; Justice Supporting Other Dimensions; Justice in the Absence of Other Dimensions; Justice May be in Our Genes; Questions to Contemplate; Notes; 11 Accountability; Character Elements: What Goes into "Accountability"?; Accountability Complementing Other Dimensions; Accountability in the Absence of Other Dimensions; Accountability: The Small Stuff is the Big Stuff; Accountability and Control |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the element of leadership that has largely been neglected in the literature: Character. Although character is often thought to be a subjective construct, this book argues otherwise. It demonstrates the concrete behaviors associated with different character dimensions in order to illustrate how these behaviors can be developed, and character strengthened. Based on research involving over 300 senior leaders from different industries, sectors, and countries, Crossan, Seijts, and Gandz developed a model for leadership character that focuses on eleven dimensions. The book begins by setting the context for the focus on character in business, asking what character is and whether it can be learned, developed, molded, or changed. Next, the book focuses on each dimension of leadership character in turn, exploring its elements and the ways in which it can be applied in a business setting. The book concludes with a summary of the key insights, an exploration of the interactions between the character dimensions, and a call to the reader to reflect on how to develop one's own and others' leadership character. Bridging theory and management practice, Developing Leadership Character will interest students and practitioners alike. Readers will benefit not only from a new, robust theoretical framework for leadership character, but will also learn how character can be developed further |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 13, 2016) |
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Leadership.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Leadership
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Seijts, Gerard H., author.
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Gandz, Jeffrey, author.
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| ISBN |
9781317578093 |
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1317578090 |
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113882562X |
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9781138825628 |
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9781138825673 |
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1138825670 |
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9781315739809 |
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1315739801 |
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9781317578079 |
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1317578074 |
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9781317578086 |
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1317578082 |
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