Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the Authors x Prologue xi Part I Character Leadership 1 1 What Is Leadership? 3 A Reflection 4 Ethics, Virtue, and Character 9 2 Misleadership 13 What Is Bad Leadership? 14 Misleaders 15 Bad Followers 17 A Few Examples 18 3 Character and Leadership 22 Character and Integrity 24 The Dark Side of Character 28 Character as Goodwill 35 4 Leadership and Business Excellence 38 Ethics in Business 39 Workplace Ethics 41 Leaders as Role Models 42 A Culture of Narcissism 44 5 The Ten Virtues 47 Deep Honesty 51 Moral Courage 53 Moral Vision 54 Compassion and Care 55 Fairness 58 Intellectual Excellence 60 Creative Thinking 62 Aesthetic Sensitivity 63 Good Timing 64 Deep Selfl essness 65 Part II Leadership in Action 71 6 James Burke and the Tylenol Poisoning Episodes: Deep Honesty 73 Burke's Rise to Leadership 74 Response to Crisis 75 A Further Challenge 78 7 Abraham Lincoln/Rosa Parks: Moral Courage 81 Courage: Physical and Moral 82 Team of Rivals 84 An Important Bus Ride 86 Shared Convictions 87 8 Winston Churchill: Moral Judgment and Moral Vision 90 Churchill versus Halifax 91 The War Cabinet Meets 94 Churchill's Judgment 99 The Hinge of Fate 103 9 Oprah Winfrey: Compassion and Care 106 Star Status and More 107 Her Fan Base 109 The Book Club 111 Leadership Is a Relationship 113 10 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Sicilian Slapping Incidents: Fairness 117 The Slapping Incidents 118 The Challenges Ike Faced 120 Ike's Response 122 11 FDR and the A-Bomb: Intellectual Excellence 127 The Scientifi c Background 128 Roosevelt's Preparation for Leadership 129 Hitler's Ascent to Leadership 133 The A-Bomb Decision: The United States 136 The A-Bomb Decision: Germany 139 12 Herb Kelleher and the People of Southwest Airlines: Creative Thinking 145 Southwest's Start 146 Southwest's Service Innovations 147 Southwest and Its People 150 13 Steve Jobs and Apple: Aesthetic Sensitivity 158 Beginnings 158 The Macintosh 160 The Whole Widget 162 Learning from Failure 164 Apple Reborn 167 The Centrality of Design 170 14 Charles de Gaulle and Exiting Algeria: Good Timing 173 Youth and the First World War 174 Up to the Battle of France 175 Postwar Retreat amidst Political and Military Turmoil 177 Taking Command 179 Aftermath 183 15 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Deep Selflessness 185 His Calling 187 His Gift 189 His Legacy 193 16 Conclusion 195 Index 203

What makes a good leader? Ten leaders, ten key virtues This readable distillation of the core common features of successful leaders shows how an individual's character, and especially their virtue, is the defining factor. Without these ten vital virtues, leadership becomes "misleadership." The authors, both renowned business ethicists, combine theory with fascinating biographical detail on exemplary leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Oprah Winfrey. The result is an accessible text on the ethics of leadership which, unlike many publications that claim to reveal the secrets of success as a leader, is informed by a wealth of exceptional academic experience.

Review "If this was, indeed, their intention, I believe they have been entirely successful. Also, as I said earlier, it's a very good read. And, if that phrase seems to trivialize it, let me add that it includes an abundance of references and signposts to sources of further study, which gives it undoubted academic cachet." (New Nurturing Potential, 1 July 2013) Review "Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is an extraordinarily insightful, compelling, and timely discussion of the very foundation of leadership-the character of leaders. Al Gini and Ronald Green powerfully and persuasively make the case that it's imperative for leaders to be attuned to their ethical responsibility to others. And they are right. All the programs to develop leaders, all the courses and classes, all the books and tapes, all the blogs and Websites offering tips and techniques are meaningless unless the people who are supposed to follow believe in the person who's supposed to lead. In an era in which it often seems that anything goes, it's vital that every leader and every leadership educator take Gini's and Green's message to heart. It's vital not only to their personal success, it's vital to the long-term viability of our society. Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is a must-read, and I urge you to get started immediately." -Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge and The Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University "Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders is a thoughtful and thorough exploration of that knottiest of all leadership questions - what constitutes "good" leadership? Gini and Green have been wrestling with related issues for years, and it shows. The book is a valuable contribution to the never ending discussion of what it takes to lead wisely and well." -Barbara Kellerman, Harvard Kennedy School, and author and editor of many books on leadership and followership including, most recently, The End of Leadership and Leadership: Essential Selections on Power, Authority, and Influence "Few leadership books mine the field of philosophy for its practical knowledge. Few use the treasury of insights available in the writings of philosophers that speak to issues of character and ethics, ones that are critical for successful leadership. Fewer still apply those insights to living examples of leadership: Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Steve Jobs. In their new book, Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders, the philosophers Gini and Green do all this, and more." -Thomas Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman Professor, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, and coauthor of Ties that Bind: A Social Contracts Approach to Business Ethics