Leadership and the Quest for Integrity - Hardcover

What distinguishes leaders from ordinary managers? The authors present three distinct philosophies of leadership--political, directive, and values-driven--advocating each in turn to challenge the reader's own assumptions. Through extensive interviews with executives, the authors show how leaders who hold certain prejudices or predispositions can resolve classic managerial dilemmas.

Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School where he teaches courses in strategy and business ethics in the School’s MBA and executive programs. He has taught in executive programs in the US, Japan, and many other countries and has spoken to a wide variety of organizations on issues of leadership, values, and ethics. He is also the Housemaster of Currier House at Harvard College, the Chair of the M.B.A. Elective Curriculum, and the author of Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose between Right and Right.