HOWATRUELEADERPUTSPEOPLE,ORGANIZATION,ANDCOMMUNITYFIRSTWeallfacecountlessdecisionsthroughoutourcareers.Thespecificcircumstancesthatcallustoleadwillbedifferent,butthecoredilemmasandethicalchallengesareverysimilar.Facedwiththesechallenges,eachofusmustdecideifwewillfollowourego-centeredinclinationsorleadforthegoodofeveryonewhoseliveswetouch?Willweendangerorimpairthosearoundustosatisfyourownself-interest,orwillweleadinamannerthatistruetoourvalues?InhisinspiringbookLEADTRUE,JeffThompson,MD,hasmasterfullycompiledstoriesfromthebusiness,healthcare,andeducationfields,illustratinghowadiversegroupofleadershasemployedvalues-basedleadershipandsucceeded.Thesecasestudiesofferdynamic,livingnarrativesthatdemonstratewaysinwhichaleader,fueledbypersonalvalues,canchangepeople,organizations,andevenentireindustries.Whatsetsthisbookapartistheinterweavingoftheauthor’spersonalleadershipstoryinhealthcaretotheinsightsfromstart-ups,mid-career,andtop-levelleaders--peoplewhohaveproventhatvalues-drivenleadershipisnotsimplyanobleideabutonethatactuallyworksinpractice.Theauthorartfullyshowsthatthegoalofleadershipisnottomoveoneindividualaheadofallothers.Whenyouleadtrue,youcanmoveeveryoneforward--people,organizations,andcommunities--findingthebestrouteforall.
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