Leading With Character 2nd Edition

Author : John J. Sosik
Publisher : IAP
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781681230153

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Leading with Character - 2nd Edition by John J. Sosik Pdf

What kind of character strengths must leaders develop in themselves and others to create and sustain extraordinary organizational growth and performance? In this updated and expanded second edition, the author, John J. Sosik, answers this question by reviewing what is known about the connection between authentic transformational leadership and positive psychology. He summarizes a wealth of leadership knowledge in a unique collection of captivating stories about 25 famous leaders from business, history and pop culture: Aung San Suu Kyi, John F. Kennedy, Maya Angelou, Bill Gates, Brian Wilson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Joe Namath, Malala Yousafzai, Mother Teresa, Angelina Jolie, Pope Saint John Paul II, Shirley Chisholm, Sheryl Sandberg, Andy Griffith, Margaret Thatcher, Oprah Winfrey, Nelson Mandela, Warren Buffet, Carlos Ghosn, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herb Kelleher, Steve Jobs, Johnny Cash, and Fred Rogers. What do these leaders have in common? Each possesses virtues of wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence and their associated character strengths that form the foundation of their outstanding leadership. Besides generating astonishing results for their organizations, these leaders reaped numerous physical, mental, social and spiritual benefits from their strong character. Their stories teach readers leadership principles that they too can apply to achieve sustainable growth and excellence. The author includes dozens of interesting examples, vivid anecdotes, and clear guidelines to offer readers an in-depth look at how character and virtue forms the moral fiber of authentic transformational leadership. Individuals currently in leadership positions as well as aspiring leaders will find the book’s conversational style, fascinating stories, and practical guidelines both useful and inspiring.

Author : Timothy R. Clark
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626567740

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Leading with Character and Competence by Timothy R. Clark Pdf

An on-demand resource that you can read based on need, this book spotlights the four most important components of character and competence and offers a series of eloquent, inspiring, and actionable reflections on what's needed to build each one. --

Author : Mary Crossan,Gerard Seijts,Jeffrey Gandz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317578093

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Developing Leadership Character by Mary Crossan,Gerard Seijts,Jeffrey Gandz Pdf

This book focuses on the element of leadership that has largely been neglected in the literature: character. Often thought to be a subjective construct, the book 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.

Author : PIOUS JOSEPH PAUL YANZUH,ALLEN JAY B. TADINA
Publisher : ACTS MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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INGREDIENTS OF LEADERSHIP by PIOUS JOSEPH PAUL YANZUH,ALLEN JAY B. TADINA Pdf

Leadership is indeed an influence. And it needs certain vital ingredients to build character formation. One cannot influence with a bad character. Leaders considers Character very important since it deals with personhood that affects both personality and professionality. Applying the Good Character traits as a leader will influence, affect, motivate, encourage, and inspire your followers. Because of this, leaders need ingredients which can help them to build a good character traits to win the trust and confidence of their followers. This book will guide you on the steps of character formation and the dynamics to develop your leadership skills.

Author : Jim Loehr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119781660

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Leading with Character by Jim Loehr Pdf

From leadership expert Dr. Jim Loehr, strengthen your moral and ethical character for outstanding leadership results with this must-have set. Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy At the end of your life, how are you likely to be remembered? Chances are that people won’t be praising your money, power, and status. Instead, the people you’ve impacted will remember you for your compassion and personal strength—in short, your character. Unfortunately, many leaders are unaware of their character shortcomings and blind spots that hold so many of us back from building the lasting legacy we are capable of. With the right motivation, you can begin to strengthen your character and become a moral and ethical leader capable of creating lasting change. In Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy, Dr. Jim Loehr, cofounder of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, reveals 50 character competencies that you can practice daily to transform your life and work. This book will also guide you through the process of developing a Personal Credo that will serve as your decision-making mission statement. Most leaders never take the time to identify their own core values, instead defaulting to a reflexive form of decision making. Gain an awareness of the conscious and unconscious processes that guide what you do and why you do it, and take charge of your leadership legacy. Even good leaders are vulnerable to corruption. Read Leading with Character to learn how human evolution and contemporary culture can lead us astray without our even knowing it. As we work hard to get to the top, who are we becoming along the way? If we want to become heroes whose memories will long outlast us, we need to channel our energy into creating habits that will add up to a strong and meaningful character. The Personal Credo Journal: A Companion to Leading with Character We all want to become high impact leaders with a robust ethical and moral character, but getting there is a challenge. Dr. Jim Loehr’s Leading with Character offers a succinct plan for developing your character as a leader and building a meaningful legacy through your life’s work. The Personal Credo Journal is a day-by-day workbook that will guide you through the process of identifying your core values and crafting your Personal Credo—a statement of beliefs and values that will help you align every action and decision with your deepest held ideals. With these activities and exercises, you’ll spend just a few minutes each day reflecting on meaningful and thought-provoking prompts about your life story, your personal strengths and weaknesses, and your life goals. By the end of this life-altering, 150-day challenge, you will have gained a deep self-knowledge and a clear vision of your path forward as a leader. Take charge of the legacy you’ll leave behind, build character, and learn to use your Personal Credo to transform your life.

Author : Amy Newman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781544343099

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Building Leadership Character by Amy Newman Pdf

Extending beyond traditional leadership books to offer readers a path for developing their own character, Building Leadership Character uses a storytelling approach and real-world cases to explore different dimensions of leadership character. With a clear, student-friendly writing style, bestselling author Amy Newman deftly captures various approaches in which corporations and people respond to situations in difficult times and learn from mistakes. Using real companies and situations, each chapter examines a leadership character dimension such as accountability, integrity, authenticity, and courage. Readers will learn to develop their own character, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills as they engage with assessments, reflection opportunities, and exercises.

Author : Michael Maccoby,Mauricio Cortina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000575750

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Leadership, Psychoanalysis, and Society by Michael Maccoby,Mauricio Cortina Pdf

Leadership, Psychoanalysis, and Society describes leadership as a relationship between leaders and followers in a particular context and challenges theories of leadership now being taught. This book includes essays that view leadership from psychoanalytic, social psychological, sociological, evolutionary, developmental anthropological, and historical points of view to fully describe the complexity of leadership relationships and personalities. These essays analyze the different kinds of leadership needed in organizations; the development of Black Leadership that provides hope for people who have been oppressed; the difference between charismatic and inspirational leadership and the kind of training needed to develop leaders from diverse backgrounds who inspire followers and collaborate with them to further the common good. This book offers a guide to understanding the different types of leadership and will be of interest to business, government, health care, universities, and other organizations.

Author : Christopher Peterson,Martin E. P. Seligman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0198037333

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Character Strengths and Virtues by Christopher Peterson,Martin E. P. Seligman Pdf

"Character" has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but this term does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what someone does not do, but a more active and thorough definition is necessary, one that addresses certain vital questions. Is character a singular characteristic of an individual, or is it composed of different aspects? Does character--however we define it--exist in degrees, or is it simply something one happens to have? How can character be developed? Can it be learned? Relatedly, can it be taught, and who might be the most effective teacher? What roles are played by family, schools, the media, religion, and the larger culture? This groundbreaking handbook of character strengths and virtues is the first progress report from a prestigious group of researchers who have undertaken the systematic classification and measurement of widely valued positive traits. They approach good character in terms of separate strengths-authenticity, persistence, kindness, gratitude, hope, humor, and so on-each of which exists in degrees. Character Strengths and Virtues classifies twenty-four specific strengths under six broad virtues that consistently emerge across history and culture: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. Each strength is thoroughly examined in its own chapter, with special attention to its meaning, explanation, measurement, causes, correlates, consequences, and development across the life span, as well as to strategies for its deliberate cultivation. This book demands the attention of anyone interested in psychology and what it can teach about the good life.

Author : Bernard M. Bass,Ronald E. Riggio
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135618889

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Transformational Leadership by Bernard M. Bass,Ronald E. Riggio Pdf

Transformational Leadership, Second Edition is intended for both the scholars and serious students of leadership. It is a comprehensive review of theorizing and empirical research that can serve as a reference and starting point for additional research on the theory. It can be used as a supplementary textbook in an intense course on leadership--or as a primary text in a course or seminar focusing on transformational leadership. New in the Second Edition: *New, updated examples of leadership have been included to help illustrate the concepts, as well as show the broad range of transformational leadership in a variety of settings. *New chapters have been added focusing specifically on the measurement of transformational leadership and transformational leadership and effectiveness. *The discussion of both predicators and effects of transformational leadership is greatly expanded. *Much more emphasis is given to authentic vs. inauthentic transformational leadership. *Suggestions are made for guiding the future of research and applications of transformational leadership. *A greatly expanded reference list is included.

Author : Robert Reid,Torri Ortiz Lienemann,Jessica L. Hagaman
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781462511983

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Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition by Robert Reid,Torri Ortiz Lienemann,Jessica L. Hagaman Pdf

"Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas, including written language, reading, and math. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the elementary or secondary classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and many concrete examples. Enhancing the book's hands-on utility are more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms"--

Author : Alan Kolp,Peter Rea
Publisher : Ingram
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Character
ISBN : 159260255X

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Leading with Integrity by Alan Kolp,Peter Rea Pdf

Leading with Integrity: Character-Based Leadership is rooted in the seven classical virtues and adds to those a few modern values everyone should recognize: character, competence, courage, faith, justice, leadership and corporate responsibility, prudence, temperance, love, hope, and worthiness. Character-based leadership encourages ethical practices, collaboration and open communication, and the creation of high-trust business environments.

Author : Robert Edmund Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022020283

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Note-Book of Materia Medica, pharmacology and therapeutics ... Second edition, revised ... by A. Macdonald, etc by Robert Edmund Jackson Pdf

Author : Arthur Henry Bell,Dayle M. Smith
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0137152787

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Developing Leadership Abilities by Arthur Henry Bell,Dayle M. Smith Pdf

“What kind of leader am I? What kind of leader will I become?” Developing Leadership Abilities, Second Edition was written to help college students get on the fast track to becoming a leader. Providing dozens of practical examples, the book moves quickly while giving an organized, readable, and logical analysis of leadership. The book offers the following pedagogical tools to help students reach their own leadership potential: v Insights Boxes –throughout the chapters ensure that key points stand out. v Your Turn features –give frequent opportunities to record personal experiences, insights, impressions, and questions. v Meet a Leader-- Introduces the reader successful leaders college and career environments. v Personal Leadership Plan --Helps students hone their skills in the leadership realm. v Assess Your Approach to Leadership –This brief exercise gives students an opportunity for self-reflection and a mirror on how their own background will affect their leadership qualities. v Summary –Located at the end of each chapter, reinforces the key points. The book is brief enough to keep student interest and is based on solid empirical data. The book's conversational and interactive format answers the q uestions: what makes a leader, what do leaders do, and how do leaders overcome problems?

Author : William Golding
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571290581

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding Pdf

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.

Author : Walter E. Fluker
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451419849

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Ethical Leadership by Walter E. Fluker Pdf

We live in a leadership crisis. "In an age when incompatible worlds collide and when scandals rock formerly stable institutions," says Walter Fluker, "what counts most is ethical leadership and the qualities of personal integrity, spiritual discipline, intellectual openness, and moral anchoring." Fluker finds these characteristics exemplified in the work and thought of black-church giants Martin Luther King Jr. and Howard Thurman. This volume, for leaders and emergent leaders in religious and other settings, sets forth the context and principles for ethical leadership, particularly for ministries and other professions whose mission directly advances the common good. Fluker's volume grounds leadership in story, the appropriation of one's roots, as a basis for personal and social transformation. He then explores the key values of character, civility, and community for ethical action on the personal, public, and spiritual realms. From these considerations he develops a model of the specific virtues that embody each realm of ethical leadership before applying them to the practical aspects of leadership and decisionmaking.