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Leadership as masterpiece creation : what business leaders can learn from the humanities about moral risk-taking / Charles Spinosa, Matthew Hancocks, and Haridimos Tsoukas.

Spinosa, Charles. (Author). Hancocks, Matthew. (Added Author). Tsoukas, Haridimos. (Added Author).

Summary:

"An attempt to use the ancient wisdom of the humanities to argue for a moral and aesthetic vision of business leadership"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780262048965 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xvii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface: Why Should We See Leadership as Masterpiece Creation? -- Introduction -- 1 Leaders as Masterpiece Creators: Churchill and Madam Walker -- 2 Philosophy, Literature, History, and a Leader's Good Life -- 3 The Unnatural Acts of Managing Moods on the Way to Creating Masterpieces -- 4 Trust at First Sight and Listening for Difference -- 5 Truth First -- 6 Safety, Moral Risk-Taking, and Developing the Warrior Spirit to Change Moral Orders -- 7 Designing an Organizational Culture Masterpiece -- 8 Masterpiece Strategy: Creating a New Moral Order through Morally Risky Commitments -- 9 Turning Your Style of Leadership into a Masterpiece -- 10 Is Masterpiece-Creating Leadership a Return to Heroic Leadership?