What is Ignatian/Jesuit Leadership all about.
(From Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney)
The conventional wisdom about leadership are:
(by Harvard Business Professor John Kotter:
1. Establishing direction
2. Aligning people through communication
3. Motivating and inspiring
4. Achieving results or change.
May I add success
But what Ignatian leadership teaches are the following concepts (which are Jesuitical) if not contrary to the common Leadership wisom
1. We are all leaders and we may be doing it poorly or well;
2. Leadership springs from what you do and who you are (it wells from within)
3. It is not an act (a a one shot deal) but it is a way of life pp 1 to 15
4. It is an on going process; we can never be a perfect or complete leader (nor a hero or patriot
--
4. It is an on going process; we can never be a perfect or complete leader (nor a hero or patriot
