Building Character: Strengthening the Heart of Good Leadership

by Gene Klann

Book Overview

Building Character is written for leaders who understand their responsibility to develop authentic leaders within their organizations. Without presenting an overarching moral code or a prescriptive code of behavior, this book offers leaders and managers a practical model complete with the tools, information, and processes to develop character in leaders at all levels. The author explains the role character plays in leadership success and effectiveness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787981516
• ISBN13: 9780787981518
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Growing Leaders of Character

Drawing on decades of research by the Center for Creative Leadership, Gene Klann provides a clear framework for developing leaders of character that includes rich discussions of role models, the importance of challenging work experiences, leadership character training, and organizational culture. Klann also provides several useful tools, such as a personal values self-assessment, a checklist of good leader behaviors, and 17 scenarios of leadership character dilemmas that can be used for discussion purposes. This book is an excellent addition to the literature on a vital element of leadership development that has received less attention than it should.