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Good leadership is something every leader and organisation should strive towards. This book serves as a pivotal resource in encouraging the understanding and practice of leadership and highlights how good leadership is anchored in the rich philosophy and science of virtue.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Series Editor Foreword
Introduction
Toby P. Newstead and Ronald E. Riggio
Section 1: Foundations
1. Moral Virtues: Philosophical Origins and Contemporary Understandings
Gordon Wang and Rick Hackett
2. Leadership and Intellectual Virtues
Chris Smith and Mitch Parsell
3. The Virtue of Leadership
Terry L. Price
4. The Virtues of Political Leaders: Insights from Plutarch
Nancy E. Snow
Section 2: Virtues in Leadership Theory
5. How Practical Wisdom Enables Transformational and Authentic Leadership
Ignacio Ferrero, Massimiliano M. Pellegrini, Elizabeth Reichert and Marta Rocchi
6. Contagious and Constructive Virtue Within the Workplace
Mitchell J. Neubert
7. Leaders as Virtuous Stewards: A Call for Servant Leadership
Garrett W. Potts and Ryan P. Quandt
Section 3: Processes Involved in Leading with Virtue(s)
8. How Wise Leaders Deal with Complex Decisions
Bernard Mckenna
9. Virtuous Influence Practices: How Do Virtue-based Leaders Influence Followers?
Joseph Crawford
10. Leading with Compassion: How Compassion can Enrich Healthcare Leadership in a Post-COVID-19 World
George Gotsis
Section 4: Indigenous Perspectives
11. The Leadership Virtues of Aboriginal women in Australia
Ree Jordon and Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
12. Virtues: Original Teachings and Leadership
Michael Lickers and Lorelei Higgins Parker
Section 5: Developing Virtues
13. Virtuous and Vicious Possible Selves: The Pinwheel Model of Leader Character
Denise Potosky, John J. Sosik, Ziya Ete, and Weichun Zhu
14. The Practice of Developing Leader Character to Elevate Judgment
Corey Crossan and Mary Crossan
15. The Virtues Project: Five Strategies for Inspiring Leadership Linda Kavelin-Popov, David Feldman, and Dara Feldman
Index
About the author
Toby P. Newstead, Ph.D., is a leadership scholar at the University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia.
Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D., is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology at Claremont McKenna College, California, USA.
Summary
Good leadership is something every leader and organisation should strive towards. This book serves as a pivotal resource in encouraging the understanding and practice of leadership and highlights how good leadership is anchored in the rich philosophy and science of virtue.
