Character-Based Leadership: Reaching your potential through living your values

What does it take to become a good leader? Like a building, it begins with a strong foundation – a foundation of principled character. Principled character means living according to the values of integrity, patience, fairness, accountability, courage, vision, drive, collaboration, humanity, humility, and good judgment. If our personal or organizational values run contrary to these core values, we run the risk of unsustainable leadership that will crumble when challenges arise.

Drawing from available research, impactful stories, and personal experiences, Todd Nebeker, PhD, and Jay Young, PhD, outline how to build a strong foundation of principled character, which transcends personality or circumstance in the journey to be a better leader. The authors utilize simple exercises and reflection points to help readers identify their own core values and where they might need to improve, and how to translate those values into strong leadership.

A foundation of consistent, principled character garners respect, which is a key to effective leadership. The principles and exercises outlined in this book, when put into practice, will improve your leadership abilities. You will become a character-based leader.