tailieunhanh - Executive wisdom: Coaching and the emergence of virtuous leaders

Pick up any textbook that focuses on human history and you will most probably begin to read a critical assessment of the leaders of the period under study. It is almost axiomatic that history is made by leaders, and in order for later generations to understand what happened to create the foundations for their social, psychological, and physical existence they must understand what the individuals charged with the responsibility for making choices on behalf of large segments of humanity did or did not do. In the past century, the study of leadership itself has taken many turns that have introduced new ways of understanding the phenomenon called leading | Executive Wisdom Coaching and the Emergence of Virtuous Leaders Richard R. Kilburg Title Executive wisdom Coaching and the emergence of virtuous More Like This Author s Kilburg Richard R. The Johns Hopkins University Office of Human Services Baltimore MD US Source Washington DC US American Psychological Association. xiii 361 pp. ISBN 159147-402-7 hardcover 9781591474029 hardcover Digital Object Identifier 11464-000 Language English Keywords executive wisdom leadership virtue management management coaching leadership qualities organizational effectiveness performance failure models Abstract Wisdom is a defining attribute of the successful leader. Although many gifted philosophers and leaders--Confucius Socrates Plato Aristotle Augustine Cicero St. Thomas Aquinas and Descartes--have explored the virtue of wisdom in leadership in its current form the study of wisdom has been aided by advances in the psychological sciences and management theory. R. R. Kilburg introduces the concept of Executive Wisdom and explores how consultants and coaches can help leaders become wiser in the conduct of their offices and how these same concepts can be applied to senior leadership teams. What is Executive Wisdom and how can it be developed through coaching Executive Wisdom emerges from a complex matrix of factors that affect an individual leader s thoughts behavior and emotions including his or her organization biopsychosocial systems behavioral interfaces internalized human wisdom system external and internal challenges and environment. It develops through the discernment decision making and executive action that leaders take in their daily lives. Synthesizing a rich array of concepts and processes such as wisdom mapping Kilburg deepens the reader s understanding of leadership performance and explains the causes and consequences of executive failure. PsycINFO Database Record c 2007 APA all rights reserved from the jacket Subjects Leadership Top Level Managers .

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