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Moral Leadership A Transformative Model for Tomorrow’s Leaders

Cam Caldwell

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The Strategic Management Collection William Q. Judge, Editor

Caldwell, C. (2012). Moral leadership : A transformative model for tomorrow's leaders. ProQuest Ebook Central <a onclick=window.open('http://ebookcentral.proquest.com','_blank') href='http://ebookcentral.proquest.com' target='_blank' style='cursor: pointer;'>http://ebookcentral.proquest.com</a> Created from ncent-ebooks on 2021-09-23 00:15:46.

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Moral Leadership

A Transformative Model for Tomorrow’s Leaders

Cam Caldwell

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Moral Leadership: A Transformative Model for Tomorrow’s Leaders Copyright © Business Expert Press, 2012. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other except for brief quotations, not to exceed 400 words, without the prior permission of the publisher.

First published in 2012 by Business Expert Press, LLC 222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017 www.businessexpertpress.com

ISBN-13: 978-1-60649-253-6 (paperback)

ISBN-13: 978-1-60649-254-3 (e-book)

DOI 10.4128/9781606492543

Business Expert Press Strategic Management collection

Collection ISSN: 2150-9611 (print) Collection ISSN: 2150-9646 (electronic)

Cover design by Jonathan Pennell Interior design by Exeter Premedia Services Private Ltd., Chennai, India

First edition: 2012

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Abstract

Trust in leaders has reached its low point in recent years as employees,

peers, and the public-at-large voice their disapproval of decisions made

by those who head corporations, government, churches, and public

institutions in virtually every country throughout the world. In a society

that Princeton scholar David Callahan has labeled “the cheating culture,”

people of every class, culture, and country yearn for leaders whom they

can believe, respect, and follow.

Although the search for eff ective leadership may often be disappointing

for many, the problems of leadership are not new and more has been

written about leadership than any other management concept. Over

70 years ago Chester Barnard, President of New Jersey Bell and one of the

most respected executives in America, spoke to Harvard College in a series

of lectures and declared that most organizations were poorly run and that

most leaders were ineff ective. Barnard’s compiled remarks were formalized

in the landmark business text Th e Functions of the Executive—generally

acknowledged to be the most quoted business text ever written.

Over the years, other highly regarded scholars have reaffi rmed the

dearth of leadership skills and the failure of managers to eff ectively guide

organizations. Nobel Prize winner Herbert Simon decried the “proverbs

of administration” or the misapplied and misunderstood principles of

management that passed in his day for correct leadership concepts. Simon

spent much of his career focusing on helping organizations to become

more eff ective at decision-making. More recently, Stanford’s J eff rey

Pfeff er has observed that many leaders apply “conventional wisdom”

about management, which not only is the cause of business failures but

that lacks empirical validation.

Following the theme of Barnard, Simon, Pfeff er, and other scholars,

this book has been written to identify the need for tomorrow’s leaders

to become more eff ective. In a world that is crying out for men and

women who will honor their word, build powerful relationships, and

guide their organizations in the quest to create successful and honorable

organizations, this book off ers useful tools and helpful insights.

Virtually every corporation, community, and country is searching for

leaders to follow who will add value, improve the quality of life, and create

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long-term wealth for present and future generations. Th e premise of this

book is that leaders owe a profound set of moral duties to stakeholders—

and it is in fulfi lling these duties that leaders earn the commitment and

trust that is key to achieving organizational success.

Today’s society and tomorrow’s organizations need highly moral

leaders who have the courage to make tough decisions, the creativity to

develop better solutions, a deep belief in the principles and values that

guide their choices, and the moral intelligence to create wealth for society

while doing no harm to others. Such leaders must, as Robert Quinn

advocates, “care enough to risk dying for organizations that would kill

them for caring.” Quinn’s insight confi rms the reality that, although

many organizations among us may still not be ready for moral leadership,

we desperately need to “discover the leader within” ourselves and become

the transformative leaders and role models whom others can trust.

Th is book presents a new model of moral leadership and incorporates

current research from highly regarded experts in ethics and leadership. Its

message is that leaders owe “covenantal” duties to their followers, to their

organizations, and to society to revitalize a world that has suff ered from

leadership that has undermined the world in which we live. My hope

is that this book will inspire each one of us to recognize the need to be

transformative leaders and to put that understanding into action.

Keywords

transformative leadership, ethical stewardship, trustworthiness, theory of

reasoned action, covenantal leadership, transformational leadership, serv-

ant leadership, level 5 leadership, principle-centered leadership, charismatic

leadership, six beliefs model

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