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If you ever decided to write a leadership book, which character would you choose to write about?

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Question added by Rana Alnajjar , Web developer , Lebcards
Date Posted: 2016/02/10
د Waleed
by د Waleed , Management - Leadership-Business Administration-HR&Training-Customer Service/Retention -Call Center , Multi Companies Categories: Auditing -Trade -Customer service -HR-IT&Internet -Training&Consultation

As recent people I would choose Steve Jobs !

 

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Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

In any bookstore you will find dozens of books on leadership style, far fewer on leadership competencies, and fewer still that address leadership character.[2]  For some reason we have lost sight of character.  Perhaps this is because our educational system and organizations are so competency focused; perhaps because we just don’t know what to think about character; perhaps because character seems such an old-fashioned word; perhaps because we are reluctant to discuss examples of poor character with our colleagues in the workplace, or because we believe we cannot assess character objectively.

Yet character is such a central, important element of leadership — particularly for the kind of cross-enterprise leadership that is essential in complex, global business organizations — which it should not and cannot be ignored.  Character fundamentally shapes how we engage the world around us, what we notice, what we reinforce, who we engage in conversation, what we value, what we choose to act on, how we decide…and the list goes on.

Our own research on the failures of leadership points to issues around character as a central theme[3].  Nowhere was this more obvious than in the financial crisis of –, in which boldness or instant gratification triumphed over temperance.  People who knew that bad risks were being taken did not have the courage and/or confidence to speak up, and people without integrity sold mortgages to those who could not pay them.  They then bundled these mortgages into securities that were fraudulent and sold to others.  People with large egos, lacking in humility, oblivious to the harm they may have been be doing to others or the societies in which they operated, became very rich at the expense of millions who were the victims of the financial crisis and subsequent recession.  Yet, to this day, these same people seem unable or unwilling to accept any degree of responsibility for their actions.  Leaders of large, global companies knew about these types of practices yet did nothing to stop them.  Still others were unable to create the honest, transparent corporate culture that would enable them to be in touch with what was happening deep down in the organization.  All these behaviors and activities were, essentially, failings of character.

Mohammed  Ashraf
by Mohammed Ashraf , Director of International Business , Saqr Al-Khayala Group

 

Leadership Qualities and best practiced leadership qualities in Business.  

أحمد فوزي زكي اسماعيل
by أحمد فوزي زكي اسماعيل , accounting manager , chapatti Indian Restaurant

i'm gonna write about my life everything that i went through it's like a biography 

Ahmad Alhusainy
by Ahmad Alhusainy , Customer Service , National Bank Of Kuwait - Nbk

Inspiration in leadership, leaders need to inspire not boss around, they need to be best example, since the leadership relate to business, Steve Jobs said "We don't hire people to tell them what to do, we hire them to tell us what to do."

Mohamed Zeid
by Mohamed Zeid , Heavy Equipment Manager , MM Group

Of course, Profit Muhammed peace be upon him.

He represents the real human perfection.

Mahmoud Zaher Tarakji
by Mahmoud Zaher Tarakji , مدير , أوال جاليري

Sorry i don,t know ,,,,,,,,

Deleted user
by Deleted user

I will not personalize the book about a certain person  

Saifeldin Osman Ali
by Saifeldin Osman Ali , Human Resources Consultant , Aldoha investment CO LTD Sudan

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To write Leadership book, will be my pleasure to write about Mr. Nelson Mandala or AL Shaikh Zayed Bin Nhyan  

Mikhail Vaskiyev
by Mikhail Vaskiyev , Director , Panasonic Marketing CIS Rep Office

If I would decide to write about leadership (can't think serious about it).. but any way thinking about it I would choose myself as the character for this book. Not because I am genius and well known example for it , but because I know myself much better and know my weak and strong points and can clearly see what is the repercussion of my leadership activity and it would be more practical I think

Emad Mohammed said abdalla
by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company

I fully agree with the answers been added by EXPERTS.............Thanks

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