THE
GOOD LEADER

 
The Good Leader Series for leadership by Grant Ackerman

“Most people know what the right thing is. It’s the doing that gives them trouble.

- HARRY S. TRUMAN

The Good Leader Series is specially crafted to integrate proven management concepts with a call to consider the responsibility of a leader to serve a greater good — one inspired leadership moment at a time.  Though not based on any one religion or creed, sessions included in The Good Leader Series are grounded in the belief that there is a higher purpose that can be the source of strength for anyone who wants to become a good leader.  

The series is designed for those who want to add to what they’ve already learned in other leadership development programs or for those who are just starting out in their careers.  While concepts explored in each session always keep an eye on the practical and point to sound leadership techniques that are effective in accomplishing organizational objectives, participants also are invited to consider what it means to truly care about others and include a sense of right and wrong and civility in their work.  

The Good Leader Series will be of particular interest to those who are looking for something different from a traditional executive development program.  Unlike textbook content that prescribes courses of action to a near certainty, The Good Leader Series explores precepts that serve as points of departure for additional thought about applications in both personal and professional life.  Sometimes sessions raise as many questions as they answer, for it is in this further exploration and experimentation that both foundational and transformational learning can occur.  

Session topics in this series are based on select chapters of The Good Leader: Part One and include the following:

The Good Leader…

  • Recognizes that it is a calling

  • Is committed to the truth, first about oneself

  • Aspires to completeness

  • Understands that all you have is all you need

  • Is honest about intentions

  • Embraces leadership as an art

  • Listens for the winds of change

  • Knows how to listen to others, and when not to

  • Invites others in

  • Accepts that leadership is a public act