The Purpose-Driven Leader: Navigating Ethical Challenges in a Goal-Obsessed World - Couverture souple

Lightner, Mike

 
9798993260303: The Purpose-Driven Leader: Navigating Ethical Challenges in a Goal-Obsessed World
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ISBN 13 : 9798993260303
Editeur : Dare2Dream Leadership Development, 2026

Synopsis

The Purpose-Driven Leader: Navigating Ethical Challenges in a Goal-Obsessed World

In a world where targets rule and success is measured in metrics, what happens when good intentions lead to ethical disasters? Leaders chase promotions, quotas, and wins—only to wake up to scandals, burnt-out teams, and shattered trust. This is teleopathy: the dangerous obsession with goals that blinds us to what's right.

Retired Chief Master Sergeant Mike Lightner knows this trap intimately. With over 30 years in the Air Force leading high-stakes teams on flightlines and beyond, plus decades coaching executives, he's seen policies meant to motivate turn into chaos and incentives designed to inspire lead to corner-cutting. In The Purpose-Driven Leader, Lightner delivers a no-BS guide to spotting teleopathy's symptoms—fixation, rationalization, and detachment—and breaking free with purpose-driven integrity.

Drawing from real military turnarounds, corporate scandals like Enron and Volkswagen, and everyday ethical dilemmas, this book equips you with:

  • Battle-tested frameworks to balance goals with values and stakeholder needs.
  • Practical tools like decision checklists, ethics charters, and reflective exercises to make integrity your default.
  • Inspiring stories of leaders who chose ethics over easy wins—and came out stronger.
Whether you're a mid-level manager, veteran transitioning to business, small-business owner, or anyone tired of goal-obsession eroding your leadership, this book shows how to lead with a moral compass that delivers lasting results.

Don't let ambition destroy what matters. Grab The Purpose-Driven Leader and build a legacy of trust, not regret.

"In a polarized world, it is not narrow ideological thinking that is needed, but instead comprehensive moral thinking. The Purpose-Driven Leader: Navigating Ethical Challenges in a Goal-Obsessed World is a refreshing example of just the kind of thinking we need."

-- Kenneth E. Goodpaster, Professor Emeritus
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota

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Éditeur
Dare2Dream Leadership Development
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798993260303
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
171
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