Leadership Notes

five important lessons about leadership:

1) That leadership is a personal adventure, an inner phenomenon.

2) That it has more to do with action than words.

3) That it is a matter of courage: a leader does what has to be done without making excuses.

4) That leadership is a moral issue, rooted in universal and timeless values.

5) That a good leader assumes a commitment to educate others, to turn the institution that he or she governs into a wellspring of talent.

Initiative

Sustainable development implies a total change in companies' value systems. Instead of maximizing shareholder value, a company's goal becomes sustainability. In this context, sustainability has a double meaning: Like any living system, the company's objective is to survive, though not at any price; along with this will for survival is the company's ability and desire to contribute to the well-being of the social and natural system to which it belongs. This sense of belonging and contributing leads to openness. Sustainable enterprises are open to the social and natural system - and to a wide array of stakeholders.

Building on these ideas, the authors create a framework that guides their research of the 18 leading DJSI companies. The framework consists of four components: attributes and roles of top corporate governance bodies; corporate strategy; relationship with stakeholders; and managing systems.

sustainable enterprise" (SE) is a relatively new concept and most top executives and managers do not yet have the tools they need to transform their company into a profitable business that also contributes to the well-being of the social and natural system to which it belongs

They focus on the new values and purpose that must drive the transformation process in governance, strategy and other management systems

committed citizen, the honest person that every human being carries inside him, calling him to wake up and lead his own life without waiting for any "guru" to point the way".

This new type of leader shuns the clamor of the masses and is more closely linked to the person

encourage every person to be himself, whoever he may be, instead of waiting for the magic leader who, at best, will lull me into complacency and rock me to sleep."

Leaders need practices to help them stick to the path of self-knowledge, inner strength, and personal mastery of professional skills, vision, a calm mind, ability to focus

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