Title: Exceptional leadership : lessons from the founding leaders /
Authors: Fairholm, Gilbert W.
Publisher: Lexington Books,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Political leadership United States History; Political leadership United States History; Political leadership United States; Founding Fathers of the United States; National characteristics, American; Social values United States History; Leadership United States History; Liberty Social aspects United States History; Liberty Political aspects United States History; United States Politics and government; United States Politics and government
Abstract: America is best described by values of independence, freedom, and liberty. These values led our founding leaders to undertake revolution. America is American because being Americans each of us assimilates from birth these ideals and values. Americans intuitively assume that they have rights that no one-not their bosses or even government can take away. They see themselves as free enough to choose the kind of life they will live and able to move from where they are to anyplace else-both literally and metaphysically.
Contents: Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Enduring Values That Made America American; Chapter Three: Enduring Principles of Leadership Action; I: The Formative Years; Chapter Four: America's Independent Spirit; Chapter Five: Unity; Chapter Six: Inherent Rights to Property and Happiness; Chapter Seven: The Preeminence of Natural Rights; Chapter Eight: Moral Leadership through Service; Chapter Nine: Organizing for Union, Justice, and the General Welfare; II: Development of a New Nation; Chapter Ten: Overcoming Internal Conflict; Chapter Eleven: Finding Liberty via Organizational LeadershipChapter Twelve: Linking Religion, Morality, and Education to Leadership; Chapter Thirteen: Preserving Unity from Internal and External Rivalries; Chapter Fourteen: Equal and Exact Justice to All; Chapter Fifteen: Coordinating Leadership Under Law; Chapter Sixteen: Leading with Courage, Liberty, and Continuity; III: The Early National Period 1816-1855; Chapter Seventeen: Prioritizing Freedom over Profit; Chapter Eighteen: Protecting Prosperity and Innate Freedoms; Chapter Nineteen: Seeking Unity amid Diversity; Chapter Twenty: Leading toward the FutureChapter Twenty-one: Balance in Leading Free and Independent People Fairly; Chapter Twenty-two: Leadership Is Changing Attitudes; Chapter Twenty-three: American Leadership Has a Paper Trail; Chapter Twenty-four: Principles Guiding Effective Human Relationships; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.