Virtuous Leadership: An Agenda for Personal Excellence

About this book

Drawing on the lives of some of the greatest political intellectual and religious leaders of modern times and the authors personal experience Virtuous Leadership demonstrates that leadership and virtue are not only compatible they are actually synonymous. Virtuous Leadership defines each of the classical human virtues most essential to leadership magnanimity humility prudence courage self-control and justice. It demonstrates how these virtues promote personal transformation and the attainment of self-fulfillment. It also considers the Christian supernatural virtues of faith hope and charity without which no study of leadership can be complete. The books final section "Towards Victory" offers a methodology for the achievement of interior growth tailored to the needs of busy professional people intent on imbuing their lives with a transcendent purpose. Thus the aim of Virtuous Leadership is ultimately practical. It is meant to be your guidebook in the quest for moral excellence.