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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 Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: American Exceptional Leadership The Responsibilities of Both Leader and Led The Founding Documents and the Values and Principles Contained Therein About America Exceptionalism Chapter 2: Enduring Values That Made America American The Scope of Concern Natural rights Universal Human Equality Opportunity Facilitating Happiness Liberty and Independence Freedom Fairness Chapter 3: Enduring Principles of Leadership Action Leadership Principles Embedded in the Constitution Nurturing 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 Constitution Consent of the Governed The Separation of Powers Checks and Balances3 Division of Powers and Responsibilities External Agency [Foreign] Entanglements Factional Negotiations and Compromise PART I: The Formative Years Introduction Chapter 4: America's Independent Spirit Yankee Doodle Background and Provisions Implications for Leaders Chapter 5: Unity, The Albany Plan of Union, 1754 Background and Provisions Implications for Leaders Chapter 6: Inherent Rights to Property and Happiness The Virginia Bill of Rights, June 12, 1776 Background and Provisions Implications for Leaders Chapter 7: The Preeminence of Natural Rights July 4, 1776, The Unanimous Declaration Of The Thirteen United States Of America Background and Provisions Implications for Leaders Chapter 8: Moral Leade...
