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Informationen zum Autor By Gilbert W. Fairholm Klappentext America is best described by values of independence, freedom, and liberty. These values led our founding leaders to undertake revolution. America is American because being Americans each of us assimilates from birth these ideals and values. Americans intuitively assume that they have rights that no one-not their bosses or even government can take away. They see themselves as free enough to choose the kind of life they will live and able to move from where they are to anyplace else-both literally and metaphysically. American workers think they have the right to work or not to work according to their-the worker's-standards and values of what is appropriate. They grant their bosses fealty as a personal decision and not through compulsion. Of course, most Americans understand that work life entails some limits on personal freedom. But, importantly, the idea and the ideal of freedom are fundamentally present in their make-up. Figuratively, the sky is the only limit to our potential for personal and professional development. Workers expect these values to be honored in the workplace. When they are not, they expend energy in thwarting work systems to maximize their ability to do what their leader wants, but in their way. Gil Fairholm offers a new understanding of American "exceptionalism" by looking at what makes American leadership exceptional in his new book. Grounding his study in the foundational documents of the country, Fairholm identifies the core principles and values that have made American leadership so important to peoples around the world seeking to create just, free, and equal societies for the past two centuries. Fairholm also gives today's leaders a roadmap for finding our way back to those principles and values as a way to reinvigorate leadership not only at the national level, but at the organizational and work group level as well. The book is a must-read for its insights into history, leadership theory, and-most importantly-leadership practice. -- Natalie K. Houghtby-Haddon, The George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Introduction:American Exceptional LeadershipThe Responsibilities of Both Leader and LedThe Founding Documents and the Values and Principles Contained ThereinAbout America ExceptionalismChapter 2: Enduring Values That Made America AmericanThe Scope of ConcernNatural rightsUniversal Human EqualityOpportunityFacilitating HappinessLiberty and IndependenceFreedomFairnessChapter 3: Enduring Principles of Leadership ActionLeadership Principles Embedded in the ConstitutionNurturing Unity-"We the People"Justice, Happiness and Peace-"establish justice, insure domestic tranquility"Defense-"provide for the common defense..."Facilitating Commerce-"promote the general welfare..."Individual Freedom and Independence-"the blessings of liberty..."Organizing Principles Embedded in the Preamble of the ConstitutionConsent of the GovernedThe Separation of PowersChecks and Balances3Division of Powers and ResponsibilitiesExternal Agency [Foreign] EntanglementsFactional Negotiations and CompromisePART I: The Formative YearsIntroductionChapter 4: America's Independent SpiritYankee DoodleBackground and ProvisionsImplications for LeadersChapter 5: Unity, The Albany Plan of Union, 1754Background and ProvisionsImplications for LeadersChapter 6: Inherent Rights to Property and HappinessThe Virginia Bill of Rights, June 12, 1776Background and ProvisionsImplications for LeadersChapter 7: The Preeminence of Natural RightsJuly 4, 1776, The Unanimous Declaration Of The Thirteen United States Of AmericaBackground and ProvisionsImplications for LeadersChapter 8: Moral Leadership through ServiceThe Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1786Background and ProvisionsImplications for LeadersChapter 9: Organ...
