Heroic leadership : an influence taxonomy of 100 exceptional individuals / / Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462944003321
• Autore: Allison Scott T.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-23272-9; 0-203-10088-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Collana: Leadership : research and practice series; Leadership: research and practice series
• Altri autori (Persone): GoethalsGeorge R
• Disciplina: 303.3/4
• Soggetti: Leadership; Heroes; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Foreword; About the Authors; Preface; 1 Introduction: Leadership and Heroism; 2 Trending Heroes: Gaining or Losing Heroic Status; Lady Gaga: A Hero in the Making?; Ulysses S. Grant: The Reappraised Hero; Sigmund Freud: The Vindication of a Battered Theory; Drew Barrymore: The Heroic Story of the Little Girl Lost; Woodrow Wilson: A Hero Trending Downward; Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Downward Spiral of a Hero; 3 Transitory Heroes: Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow; Joe Darby: The Heroic Whistleblower of Abu Ghraib; Mae Jemison: Living Heroic Dreams; Heart-wrenching Heroism at the Fukushima Nuclear Power PlantRandy Pausch: The Hero Who Dared Us to Live Our Dreams; Gabrielle Giffords: Heroic Recovery From Trauma; Benjamin "Beast" Butler: Hero for a Moment; Liu Xiaobo: An Emerging Hero of Peace; Christa McAuliffe: Lost Hero of the Space Shuttle Challenger; The Heroism and Leadership of Fred Korematsu; Ephemeral Heroes and Villains: A Tale of Two Stevens; 4 Transitional Heroes: Those Whom We Outgrow; Justin Bieber: Heroic Pop Star; Fred Rogers: Love, Wisdom, and Compassion for Children; Reed Richards: Fantastic Family Man; Captain James T. Kirk: The Hero Who Treks the StarsIron Man: A Classic ; Superhero in the Modern World; 5 Tragic Heroes: The Self-Destruction of Greatness; Oedipus the King: The Classic Tragic Hero; Tiger Woods: The Ebb and Flow of Fame and Fortune; Coming to Terms with Richard Nixon; 6 Transposed Heroes: The Fine Line Between Heroism and Villainy; Harvey Dent as Two-Face:The Hero Turned Villain in Batman; John Edwards: The Modular-Minded Transposed Hero; Jack Nicklaus: The Villain Who Became a Hero; Joe Paterno: Discerning the Legacy of a Transposed Hero; 7 Transparent Heroes: The Unsung Heroes Among UsMontgomery Meigs: A Transparent Hero of the Civil War; John Wooden: Heroic Teacher and Mentor; Accidental Sidekicks: Marion Keisker's Moment to Help Elvis; Those Whom We Forgot: The Makers of Fire; The Supporting Cast in Heroes' Narratives: Sidekicks and Others; Why Our Parents are Our Heroes; Edith Wilson: An Unsung Hero or Villain?; Bayard Rustin: Peaceful Advocate of Human Rights; Rick Rescorla: The Hero Who Saved 2,700 Lives on 9/11; 8 Traditional Heroes: The Classic Hero's Journey; Traditional-Moral Heroes; The Dalai Lama: "My Religion is Kindness"Pat Tillman: The Consummate War Hero; Irena Sendler: The Hero Who Stood Up to Evil; George Bailey: A Hero's Wonderful Life; Confucius: The Master Hero of Virtue; Mother Teresa and the Call to Love; Lois Wilson: The Hero Who Helped Families of Alcoholics; Nathan Hale and the Powerful Heroic Script; Dana Reeve: The Unsung Selfless Hero; Groundhog Day's Phil Connors and the Heroic Theme of Redemption; Rabbi Israel Spira: A Hero of the Holocaust; Rosa Parks' Transforming Act of Civil Disobedience; Corrie ten Boom: The Holocaust Hero with a Hiding Place; Traditional-Competent Heroes
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>Heroic Leadershipis a celebration of our greatest heroes, from legends such as Mahatma Gandhi to the legions of unsung heroes who transform our world quietly behind the scenes. The authors argue that all great heroes are also great leaders. The term 'heroic leadership' is coined to describe how heroism and leadership are intertwined, and how our most cherished heroes are also our most transforming leaders. </P>