The Leader's Shadow; Exploring and Developing

This is the first book to examine fully the inner dynamics of executives in top leadership positions.This empirical examination of the character of leaders covers areas such as personality, values and spirituality, and has been conducted through surveys and in-depth interviews.The reader is invited to combine the information gleaned from the life stories of the interviewed CEOs with personal reflection as a first step in developing his or her own leadership character.

Preface

xi

(8)

The Purpose of This Book

xii

(2)

Brief Overview of the Book

xiv

(3)

Who May Benefit?

xvii

(2)

Acknowledgments

xix

1. Introduction

1

(12)

Why Another Book on Leadership?

3

(4)

Illuminating the Executive Leader's Shadow

7

(1)

Summing Up

8

(5)

Part I. Context

13

(24)

2. Context Surrounding Executive Leaders

13

(24)

Industry Context

14

(3)

Organizational Context

17

(4)

Demographic Characteristics of CEOs

21

(4)

CEO Gender

22

(1)

CEO Age

22

(1)

CEO Tenure

23

(1)

CEO Compensation

24

(1)

Case Studies of Contexts Surrounding Seven CEOs

25

(8)

Robert Masters

26

(1)

Michael Breen

27

(1)

Joseph Henderson

28

(1)

Richard Farr

29

(2)

Raymond Zuckerman

31

(1)

Randy Maxwell

31

(1)

Steven Zolte

32

(1)

Summing Up

33

(1)

Individual Shadow Work With Context

34

(3)

Part II. Character of Executive Leaders

37

(76)

3. Personalities of Executive Leaders

37

(26)

Personality Characteristics of CEOs

40

(6)

Personality Preference No. 1: Energy Source

40

(1)

Personality Preference No. 2: Data Collection

41

(1)

Personality Preference No. 3: Decision Making

42

(1)

Personality Preference No. 4: Lifestyle Orientation

43

(1)

Overall Personality Preferences

43

(3)

Case Studies of CEOs' Personalities

46

(14)

SF Types: The Friendly Doers

46

(1)

ST Types: The Practical Thinkers

46

(4)

NF Type: The Imaginative Developers

50

(4)

NT Types: The Logical Theorists

54

(6)

Summing Up

60

(1)

Individual Shadow Work With Personality

61

(2)

4. Personal Values of Executive Leaders

63

(18)

The Nature of Personal Values

64

(2)

CEOs' Value Systems

66

(5)

Terminal Values

66

(3)

Instrumental Values

69

(2)

Case Studies of CEOs' Personal Values

71

(5)

Robert Masters

71

(2)

Randy Maxwell

73

(1)

Richard Farr

73

(1)

Steven Zolte

74

(1)

Joseph Henderson

75

(1)

Michael Breen

75

(1)

Raymond Zuckerman

76

(1)

Summing Up

76

(1)

Individual Shadow Work With Personal Values

77

(4)

5. Spirituality of Executive Leaders

81

(32)

Business and Spirituality

82

(2)

Executive Religiosity

84

(9)

Religious Affiliations of CEOs

85

(2)

Religious Orientations of CEOs

87

(2)

Spiritual Experiences of CEOs

89

(4)

Case Studies of CEO Spirituality

93

(15)

Robert Masters

93

(2)

Randy Maxwell

95

(2)

Richard Farr

97

(2)

Steven Zolte

99

(2)

Joseph Henderson

101

(2)

Michael Breen

103

(2)

Raymond Zuckerman

105

(3)

Summing Up

108

(1)

Individual Shadow Work With Executive Spirituality

108

(5)

Part III. Creative Fruits of Executive Leaders

113

(48)

6. Creating a Vision of the Future

113

(16)

What Is Organizational Vision?

115

(1)

CEOs' Visions

116

(5)

Guiding Visions

117

(2)

Inspiring Visions

119

(2)

Case Studies of CEOs' Visions

121

(5)

Randy Maxwell

121

(3)

Michael Breen

124

(1)

Richard Farr

125

(1)

Steven Zolte

125

(1)

Joseph Henderson

126

(1)

Summing Up

126

(1)

Collective Shadow Work With Vision

127

(2)

7. Creating Effective Strategic Priorities

129

(18)

Prioritization Schemas

131

(2)

Priorities Assigned to Stakeholder Groups

133

(2)

Priorities Assigned to Strategic Goals

135

(2)

Case Studies of CEOs' Priorities

137

(7)

Robert Masters

137

(1)

Michael Breen

138

(1)

Joseph Henderson

139

(1)

Richard Farr

140

(1)

Raymond Zuckerman

141

(1)

Randy Maxwell

142

(1)

Steven Zolte

143

(1)

Summing Up

144

(1)

Collective Shadow Work With Strategic Priorities

145

(2)

Organizational Health Assessment

146

(1)

Organizational Health Interventions

146

(1)

8. Creating Organizational Trust

147

(14)

Organizational Trust and Leader Trustworthiness

149

(2)

Trustworthiness of CEOs

151

(1)

Case Studies of CEOs' Views on Trust

152

(4)

Role of Trust

154

(1)

Practices That Foster Trust

155

(1)

Summing Up

156

(1)

Collective Shadow Work With Organizational Trust

157

(4)

Competence-Building Questions to Explore

157

(1)

Integrity-Building Questions to Explore

158

(1)

Benevolence-Building Questions to Explore

158

(3)

Part IV. Conclusions

161

(36)

9. Character and Creative Fruits Examined Together

161

(16)

Character Integration

162

(8)

Personality and Terminal Values

164

(2)

Personality and Instrumental Values

166

(1)

Personality and Religious Affiliation

167

(1)

Personality and Religious Orientation

168

(1)

Personality and Spiritual Experiences

169

(1)

Character and Creative Fruits Integration

170

(4)

Personality and Vision Statement

170

(1)

Personality and Stakeholder Orientation

171

(2)

Personality and Strategic Goals

173

(1)

Summing Up

174

(1)

Collective Shadow Work With Character and Creative Fruits

175

(2)

10. Going Into the Shadow and Emerging a Leader

177

(10)

Review of Earlier Points

178

(2)

A Modified View of Power

180

(1)

The Special Difficulty of Shadow Work for Leaders

181

(2)

Recognizing Your Shadow

183

(1)

Benefits of Shadow Work

184

(3)

Appendix A: The General Survey of CEOs

187

(6)

Personality Type

187

(1)

Personality Values

187

(2)

Religious Beliefs

189

(1)

Spiritual Practices

190

(1)

Background Characteristics

191

(1)

Strategic Goals

191

(1)

Organizational Stakeholders

192

(1)

Appendix B: Field Interviews of CEOS

193

(2)

Opening Comments/Questions

193

(1)

Interview Questions

194

(1)

Closing Comments/Questions

194

(1)

Appendix C: Survey of Direct Reports to CEOs

195

(2)

References

197

(12)

Index

209

(6)

About the Author

215

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