Leadership: The Inner Side of Greatness (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) - Tapa dura

What are the inner, personal qualities that make a leader great? Business consultant and philosopher, Peter Loestenbaum, offers his highly personal view of the characteristics great leaders have in common - realism, vision, ethics, and courage - and outlines strategies managers can use to achieve and sustain both personal and organizational greatness. Koestenbaum tells how personal growth can translate into profits at the organizational level, and he challenges managers to give meaning to their lives through the quality of their work. He argues that the need for profit and productivity must be balanced with individual human needs

Internationally respected business consultant and philosopher Peter Koestenbaum offers an insightful look at the characteristics great leaders have in common—realism, vision, ethics, and courage—and identifies the strategies all managers can use to achieve and sustain both personal and organizational greatness. Challenges managers to give meaning to their lives through the quality of their work, revealing how personal growth can translate into organizational profits.