Part I. Character Leadership
Ethics, Virtue, and Character
3. Character and Leadership
The Dark Side of Character
4. Leadership and Business Excellence
Part II. Leadership in Action
6. James Burke and the Tylenol Poisoning Episodes: Deep Honesty
Burke's Rise to Leadership
7. Abraham Lincoln/Rosa Parks: Moral Courage
Courage: Physical and Moral
8. Winston Churchill: Moral Judgment and Moral Vision
9. Oprah Winfrey: Compassion and Care
Leadership Is a Relationship
10. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Sicilian Slapping Incidents: Fairness
11. FDR and the A-Bomb: Intellectual Excellence
The Scientific Background
Roosevelt's Preparation for Leadership
Hitler's Ascent to Leadership
The A-Bomb Decision: The United States
The A-Bomb Decision: Germany
12. Herb Kelleher and the People of Southwest Airlines: Creative Thinking
Southwest's Service Innovations
13. Steve Jobs and Apple: Aesthetic Sensitivity
14. Charles de Gaulle and Exiting Algeria: Good Timing
Youth and the First World War
Up to the Battle of France
Postwar Retreat amidst Political and Military Turmoil
15. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Deep Selflessness