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The hardest tests for leaders challenge their character as much as their skills, and a growing body of research shows that the self-knowledge gained from such tests is critical to leadersā€TM success In Questions of Character, Joseph L. Badaracco outlines eight fundamental challenges that test a leaderā€TMs character, and proposes exploring them through the lens of literature. Badaracco argues that serious fiction provides us with memorable characters facing compelling challenges similar to those that confront business leaders. Through rich analysis of the main characters in The Death of a Salesman, The Secret Sharer, The Last Tycoon, and other stories, Badaracco addresses complex issues leaders face, such as the soundness of their vision, their readiness to take on responsibility, the depth of their compassion, and their ability to manage success. Presenting classic leadership dilemmas in a novel and valuable light, Questions of Character helps leaders and aspiring...
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Badaracco begins his new book with a quote from Confucius suggesting that
in order to be a good leader, one must first examine his own heart and
mind. While the message isn't novel, the mechanism that Badaracco proposes
for gaining self-understanding and self-mastery is: literature. Badaracco
agrees that we must "get our own house in order" before we can be effective
leaders, and further suggests that we gain true clarity into our own hearts
and minds only by examining the inner lives of others leaders. What are the
emotional and psychological challenges of leadership, and what can we learn
from others' journeys? But instead of examining traditional case studies of
leaders, Badaracco uses literature as the means by which we can "go inside"
and gain more insight into the emotional and psychological challenges of
leadership.
Through rich and textured analyses of the main characters in The Death of a
Salesman, Things Fall Apart, The Secret Sharer, The Last Tycoon, Antigone
and other works of serious fiction, Badaracco offers insight into how
leaders and aspiring leaders can and should reflect on these questions, and
ultimately become better leaders for having thought these questions
through, carefully and with integrity.
in order to be a good leader, one must first examine his own heart and
mind. While the message isn't novel, the mechanism that Badaracco proposes
for gaining self-understanding and self-mastery is: literature. Badaracco
agrees that we must "get our own house in order" before we can be effective
leaders, and further suggests that we gain true clarity into our own hearts
and minds only by examining the inner lives of others leaders. What are the
emotional and psychological challenges of leadership, and what can we learn
from others' journeys? But instead of examining traditional case studies of
leaders, Badaracco uses literature as the means by which we can "go inside"
and gain more insight into the emotional and psychological challenges of
leadership.
Through rich and textured analyses of the main characters in The Death of a
Salesman, Things Fall Apart, The Secret Sharer, The Last Tycoon, Antigone
and other works of serious fiction, Badaracco offers insight into how
leaders and aspiring leaders can and should reflect on these questions, and
ultimately become better leaders for having thought these questions
through, carefully and with integrity.
Based on a popular course that Badaracco teaches in the MBA and executive
programs at HBS, these stories provoke spirited conversations, encourage
differing points of view, and ultimately help leaders appreciate and
develop better responses to leadership's hardest questions.
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- PublisherHarvard Business Review Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1591399688
- ISBN 13 9781591399681
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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