The Leader's Shadow: Exploring and Developing Executive Character

by William Q. Judge

Overview

This is the first book to examine fully the inner dynamics of executives in top leadership positions.

This empirical examination of the character of leaders covers areas such as personality, values and spirituality, and has been conducted through surveys and in-depth interviews.

The reader is invited to combine the information gleaned from the life stories of the interviewed CEOs with personal reflection as a first step in developing his or her own leadership character.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761915393
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/06/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

William Q. Judge is the E.V. Williams Chair of Strategic Leadership and Professor of Strategic Management at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Bill was a U.S. Fulbright scholar to MGIMO University in Moscow in 2001, formerly served as the Director of the EMBA Program at the University of Tennessee, and has served as a board member for a $300 million health system for nine years. During his career, he has earned five different teaching awards and helped to train over 50 strategic management doctoral students. Dr. Judge's primary expertise is in the area of strategic leadership and corporate governance. He has published a popular simulation on "change management" at Harvard Business Publishing, three books, and many top-tier journal articles. Bill currently serves as the Strategic Management Collection Editor for Business Expert Press, and was the former editor of Corporate Governance: An International Review, the premiere scholarly journal in corporate governance.

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: CONTEXT
Context Surrounding Executive Leaders
PART TWO: CHARACTER OF EXECUTIVE LEADERS
Personalities of Executive Leaders
Personal Values of Executive Leaders
Spirituality of Executive Leaders
PART THREE: CREATIVE FRUITS OF EXECUTIVE LEADERS
Creating a Vision of the Future
Creating Effective Strategic Properties
Creating Organizational Trust
PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS
Character and Creative Fruits Examined Together
Going into the Shadow and Emerging a Leader

Editorial Reviews

Drawing on collected descriptions from a wide variety of executive leaders and a review of the literature on leadership character, the author focuses on the complementary, but often ignored, internal aspects of the leadership experience, i.e. that power comes from within and from being authentic. He argues that leadership is an interaction between a specific context and personal character, and that this interaction can yield valuable creative fruits for an organization and for society. Paper edition (unseen) $29.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Booknews

"The Leader’s Shadow is an innovative and much needed approach. It is bristling with insights."

Ian I. Mitroff