Building Leadership Character

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"Amy Newman provides practical insight into the role of character in communications and reveals how understanding character can enable leaders to more effectively manage the many situations that stress-test character. Character is about who we are. It is something that develops every day (for better or worse) and with this book, leaders can be more conscious about what leader character is and how to build it." -- Dr. Mary Crossan, Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Strategic Leadership "At a time when 'character' is often thought of as something you either have or you don't, Amy Newman stresses that it can and must be developed through reflection and practice. Readers will come away with motivation, examples and tools!" -- Mary C. Gentile, Author of "Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right" "Developing character is messy business, which is why it's too often ignored. Building Leadership Character tackles this difficult topic through clear examples and engaging discussion that stimulates thought-provoking questions about leadership, communication, and the choices leaders make." -- Judith Lee Brownell, Professor Management & Organizational Behavior "This accessible, highly-readable book draws on contemporary business examples to highlight the importance of several aspects of leadership character. Each chapter provides a focus on a particular trait or attribute, backed up by relevant literature, examples, and a compelling case study." -- Janie Harden Fritz "An excellent complementary textbook, focused on the set of virtues everyone involved in business needs to cultivate to make for truly human, giving, socially responsible business. I would recommend this textbook without hesitation as a required complementary reading for introductory courses in business management, organizational behavior and theory, management theory, marketing, management communication, and business ethics, among others." -- Pedro David Perez "This book breaks down the specific components of Leadership Character, connects each component to leadership communications, illustrates those components with real-world examples, and offers a series of exercises to help reinforce the lessons." -- Risa M. Mish "This text will help to actualize the changeable core dimensions of leadership character to achieve greater emotional intelligence in our students." -- Herbert Z. Wong "This is a leadership text that utilizes real-world examples and case studies to showcase the value of ethical leadership (character leadership) through a storyteller's lens." -- Jeff Zimmerman "This well-organized book that explains leaders' character building issues using many relevant cases/stories." -- Keeok Park "A text dealing with the importance of character to the role of leader." -- Mitchell R. Alegre "I believe this book would be a very good fit for a graduate level ethical leadership course." -- Robert Waris "This text would be great in an MBA course once basic core knowledge is understood. I would recommend this book if your class is smaller and you are able to have discussions regarding these topics. This text could be used as supplemental material in a higher-level leadership course to bring in practical examples." -- Victoria McKee "A practice-based book focused on leadership character." -- Xia Zhao "A book that takes recent examples from organizations and examines how leaders leveraged or missed opportunities to demonstrate key characteristics that make a leader great." -- Abigail Charpentier "I would describe it as a strong, leadership behavior based case study tool to enhance the leadership exploration...." -- Christine R. Day "As you are aware, there has been a lucrative market for books and manuals on to fulfil the demands of organizations, and training and academic institutions. To get to the 'jewel', sometimes requires that you wade through a lot of mediocre ones. This notwithstanding, there are some excellent recent books on leadership and I believe this book falls into that category." -- Robert M. Yawson