Description:
The power of great leaders to challenge, bring about change and inspire is well known. But what makes a great leader? What is the character of leadership? And how can you be a leader others look up to? The authors of The Character of Leadership have found out. The genesis of the book was a joint survey conducted by Monash University and the Australian Institute of Management in which almost 250 Australian managers and business leaders related what character traits they thought great leaders possessed. From these responses, the authors highlighted the 15 leadership traits regarded as the most important, including respectfulness, fairness, compassion, spiritual respect, humility, courage, passion, wisdom, selflessness, integrity and honesty. The authors then performed in-depth interviews with 55 executives from around Australia, asking for their views on each of the character traits. The insight and wisdom of these great leaders is used throughout the book. Exercises and discussion points are also provided at the end of most chapters to help you incorporate the traits into your life and leadership style ?to help you become a leader of character.