The Art of Virtue-Based Transformational Leadership

by Mark McCloskey, Jim Louwsma

The Art of Virtue-Based Transformational Leadership argues that the difficult changes faced by 21st century organizations, from corporations to families, require leadership based on values mutually held by visionaries and followers. Anything less offers too low a ceiling of potential achievement. This book unpacks the 4-R model of Transformational Leadership in a manner that anyone, great or small, can comprehend. The authors illustrate each aspect of the model with fascinating stories of real life leaders from antiquity to the present. Both professionals and leaders-by-default will find this book useful for navigating today's most difficult leadership challenges.

Genres: Leadership

143 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Brian Griffin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great structure to help build leadership. I will bring using this in my training with my leaders.

[Ben Kester · Rating 2 out of 5]

The authors present their 4-R leadership model. They put a lot of time in relating the model to Nehemiah, to other anecdotes, to general principles.

Why this model over others? They never made a case for it. Neither the model nor the writing style resonated with me.

The book felt dated even though it came out last year.