Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 t.

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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