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Heroic Leadership : Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World

ISBN: 9780829421156 | 0829421157

Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Loyola Pr
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005

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Summary Table of Contents

Shows how Jesuits have successfully grappled with the same challenges that test great companies today with an emphasis on their adopted values: self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism. Reprint.

Christian leaders, by definition, are called to follow a different set of leadership principles than other leaders follow. But what are they, and how do Christian leaders follow them? In Heroic Leadership, Jesuit-seminarian-turned-investment-banker Chris Lowney examines organizational principles of effective leadership... MORE derived from the history and teachings of the Jesuits and applies them to modern corporate culture. Based on the four core values of self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism, this book identifies practices that sixteenth-century priests developed to foster dynamic, effective leaders and achieve longevity.

Leadership Principles for Lasting Success Leadership makes great companies, but few of us truly understand how to turn ourselves and others into great leaders. One company-the Jesuits-pioneered a unique formula for molding leaders and in the process built one of history’s most successful companies. In this groundbreaking book, Chris Lowney reveals the leadership principles that have guided the Jesuits for more than 450 years: self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism. Lowney shows how these same principles can make each of us a dynamic leader in the twenty-first century. “Entertaining and well researched, this is a must-read for any business leader, and an inspirational read for anyone who wants to be a better human being.” -Walter Gubert, chairman of the investment bank, J. P. Morgan “Lowney does a wonderfully engaging job of making clear the connections between our current leadership challenges and the principles employed so effectively by the Jesuits.” -Edward J. Kelly III, president and ceo, Mercantile Bankshares Corporation “In this absorbing, lucid book, Lowney . . . explores how the Jesuits have successfully grappled with challenges that test great companies. Reflective businesspeople of faith will find Lowney’s insights a breath of fresh air.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review “This 450-year-old institution [seems] as current today as it was four centuries ago. Lowney shows us how every employee can and should be a leader and that love-driven leadership does work.” -Richard K. Green, former president and COO, Blistex, Inc. “This informative, fascinating book tells how Jesuits produced both outstanding individual leaders and a culture of leadership. This is a book to be enjoyed, pondered, and put into practice.” -John W. Padberg, S.J., director, Institute of Jesuit Sources CIP

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1 Of Jesuits and J.P. Morgan

(12)

2 What Leaders Do

(24)

3 The Jesuits

An Accidental Company with a Purposeful Vision

(26)

4 Leadership Role Models

Three Unlikely Case Studies

(32)

5 "To Order One's Life"

Self-Awareness As the Foundation of Leadership

(18)

6 The Spiritual Exercises

A Lifelong Development Tool

113

(14)

7 "The Whole World Becomes Our House"

How Ingenuity Sparks Innovation, Creativity, and a Global Mindset

127

(42)

8 "Refuse No Talent, Nor Any Man of Quality"

How Love Uncovers Talent and Unites Teams

169

(34)

9 "An Uninterrupted Life of Heroic Deeds"

How Heroic Leaders Envision the Impossible-and Do It

203

(26)

10 "Exceptional Daring Was Essential"

How the End of Risk Taking Almost Ended the Jesuits

229

(16)

11 "The Way We Do Things"

Four Core Values, but One Integrated Life

245

(32)

12 Conclusion

277

(20)

Acknowledgments

297

(2)

Notes

299

(14)

Suggestions for Further Reading

313

(8)

Index

321

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