Leading with Character. James E. Loehr
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From the work we have done with extraordinary colleagues and clients at the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute (HPI1), we came to understand that “leading with character” is not an instinct; it is not a natural human response. You needn't have read Darwin to know that it is natural and instinctual to put ourselves first, to get our needs and wants met before those of others. Me first: That's precisely what the morality system we all inherited is programmed to consider. Becoming a leader where morality – in short, our treatment of others – is afforded the highest priority demands a trained response, one that requires dedicated energy investment throughout our lives.
For more than a decade at the Institute, we have searched for a practical method to build and maintain a robust personal morality system for leaders to address the inherent flaws in their morality operating system.
We believe we have found that method. This book, along with the accompanying journal, provides the map.
Most leaders go their entire professional lives without an intentionally crafted, deliberately constructed Personal Credo. (Indeed, far too many leaders don't even realize that something very big and important is missing from their lives). To answer this need, and to address other issues critical to any leader at the dawn of the third decade of the first century of the second millennium, we have included a highly scripted, easy-to-follow program of daily journaling – 10 minutes a day, for three months. Current and future leaders who are brave and committed enough to follow this program, who are intent on creating a brilliant legacy for themselves and their organizations, will find that it raises moral awareness – specifically, how moral decisions are made and how self-serving motivations too often drive them. It also provides a concrete method for building one's own Personal Credo, as well as specific strategies for strengthening 50 character competencies that form the basis of strong character and, hence, a brilliant legacy.
The potential value in daily, self-reflective writing cannot be overstated. In all our years working with people on such exercises, no one – not one person – has come away saying she or he was unchanged for the better; for most people, the experience is life-changing. Building the habit of thoughtful, goal-oriented journal writing brings extraordinary value and produces a trove of life-altering insights. And the benefits begin accruing almost immediately.
A warning: This focus on character and legacy is not for the faint-hearted. It may be one of the most difficult challenges you will ever embrace. If you're concerned, my response to you is exactly what it has been to the thousands of leaders we have worked with:
Stay the course!
You will not regret it.
NOTE
1 1 The Human Performance Institute (HPI) was founded by Dr. Jim Loehr and Dr. Jack Groppel in 1992. The company was sold to Johnson & Johnson in 2008. Over 250,000 people across the globe – including top global C-suite executives – have participated in programs offered by the Institute.
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