CHAPTER 1

An Introduction to Moral Leadership

Over 50 years ago, Warren Bennis observed that “more has been written and less known about leadership than any other topic in the behavioral sciences.”1 Since that wise observation, Bennis has become one of the most widely read and most respected leadership scholars in the world. Although leadership continues to be a topic that is written about extensively in the public press and by respected scholars, few of those books focus on both personal self-assessment and the specific application of the principles of leadership to help readers to become great leaders. Let’s begin the task of helping you to not only understand more about leadership but also to determine how you can become more effective as ...

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