The Art of Virtue-Based Transformational Leadership: Building Strong Businesses, Organizations and Families
Overview
Twenty-first century organizations, from corporations to families, require leadership based on values mutually held by visionaries and followers. This book captures the essence of transformational leadership in a comprehensive model—the 4-R Model of Transformational Leadership—which structures our thinking and inspires us to lead from the heart of character. Business leaders, non-profit leaders, church leaders, and parents will find this book accessible and immediately applicable to their leadership challenges and opportunities. Even those who don’t have a formal leadership role will be encouraged to influence their world through everyday actions.
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Key Features
- Offers a practical framework for a global business leadership education curriculum
- Illustrates stories of real-life leaders from antiquity to the present day
- Navigates today’s most difficult leadership challenges
Contents
- Leadership—What Does It Look Like?
- The 4-R Model of Transformational Leadership
- Relationships of a Transformational Leader
- Roles of a Transformational Leader
- Responsibilities of a Transformational Leader
- Results of a Transformational Leader
- Virtue and Today’s Leader
Praise for the Print Edition
The 4-R Model changed my life and leadership. It’s a user-friendly diagnostic tool that readily gets you on the solution side of problems. It’s a leadership compass that helps you know where to go and how to get there. I use it every day in my personal life and corporate community. It transforms how you lead and the lives you influence.
—Joel Johnson, senior pastor of Westwood Community Church
If you need to build a culture that both matters and has staying power, read this book! Jim and Mark have captured the essence of how being a transformational leader is today’s best way forward using relevant lessons from our past. It is inspiring and timely reading for enlightened leaders.
—Joe Marzano, president and CEO, Martius Group, LLC
In my experience as a business leader and adjunct professor I have personally found the 4-R Model of Transformational Leadership to be an effective theoretical and developmental framework that is as practical as it is powerful. These two authors use wonderful examples of ancient and modern leadership to make the model come alive for today’s aspiring leaders.
—James B. Green, former CEO, Kemps
Product Details
- Title: The Art of Virtue-Based Transformational Leadership: Building Strong Businesses, Organizations and Families
- Authors: Mark McCloskey, Jim Louwsma, and Dave Aeilts
- Publisher: The Wordsmith
- Publication Date: 2014
- Pages: 143
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Leadership
About the Authors
Mark McCloskey is a graduate of Miami University and Bethel Seminary in Minnesota. He earned his PhD at the University of South Florida in the College of Education, Department of Leadership Development. He is presently lead faculty for the Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership and professor of ministry leadership. McCloskey consults with businesses, churches, and non-profit organizations in the areas of leadership development, strategic planning, and team building.
Jim Louwsma started his collegiate career at the University of Michigan and graduated from Wheaton College with a BA. He earned an MBA from the University of Utah and began a sales and marketing career with Procter and Gamble, retiring in 2004 after 28 years. In retirement he started a leadership consulting company with Mark McCloskey. He also teaches transformational leadership in Bethel Seminary’s MBA program. In addition, he is a cofounder and board chairman of Africaworks, a non-profit organization in southern Africa that creates sustainable jobs for the economically disadvantaged.
Dave Aeilts is an author and blogger, as well as a publisher at The Wordsmith.