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What it means to be an ethical leader is the focus of this paper. Leadership is more than an affair of the head, but fundamentally also one of the heart. Leaders are in love. Four essential and practical considerations are presented for discovering, developing, and using this perspective.
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James M. Kouzes is President of The Tom Peters Group/Learning Systems (Palo Alto, CA) and Barry Z. Posner is Associate Dean (Academic Programs) and Professor of Management, Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA). They have writtenThe Leadership Challenge: How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 1987) and are currently exploring what people look for in leaders and the essence of effective working relationships.
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Kouzes, J.M., Posner, B.Z. Ethical leaders: An essay about being in love. J Bus Ethics 11, 479–484 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00870559
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