Table of Contents

Foreward by Steve Forbes

Preface: "I Think He Said His Name is Peter"

Introduction: Eight Principles of Effective Leadership

Principle 1: The Necessity of Character: The Foundation of Effective Leadership
Principle 2: The Importance of Competence: Threshold Competencies and the Essentials of Effective Leadership
Principle 3: The Advantage of Team Chemistry: The Role of the CEO and the Top Management Team in Creating a Climate of Effectiveness and Success
Principle 4: The Interplay of Culture and Context: The Dynamic Relationship of Organizational Culture and Environmental Context
Principle 5: The Strength of Compatibility and Coherence: Discovering the Right Fit
Principle 6: Leading with Convictions: Making Life's Greatest Impact
Principle 7: Maintaining Our Connections: Facing Our Greatest Leadership Challenge
Principle 8: Making an Ultimate Contribution: Discovering Life's Greatest Purpose

Finis: When Our Time Is Up, Making Sure Our Life Has Mattered

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1: Vices, Virtues and the Leadership Pyramid
Appendix 2: An Overview of Top Management Work in the Twentieth Century

Notes

Annotated and General Bibliography

About the Author

Steve Forbes is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes, Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine. A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is a four-time winner of the Crystal Owl Award, a prize the U.S. Steel Corporation used to award the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate.

Gayle D. Beebe earned a Ph.D. in the philosophy of religion and an M.B.A. in strategic management from Claremont Graduate University. He is president of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, and past president of Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan. He coauthored Longing for God with Richard Foster.

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