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From Values to Action

The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership

Jossey-Bass, 2011 Mehr


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • Overview

Recommendation

Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. is the former chairman and CEO of Baxter International, a leading global health care company. In this book, he outlines the four primary principles of ethical, values-based leadership. Now a professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Kraemer is a veteran leader with much to teach about working ethically. He recounts how he handled various leadership crises and faced difficult issues, including the traumatic time when a Baxter medical product led to the deaths of 53 people. His examples demonstrate how he thought through his actual business problems based on being ethical, and how he put his values to work leading his company. getAbstract recommends this worthwhile treatise to business people at all levels.

Take-Aways

  • People hunger for authentic leaders who have core values and strong ethics.
  • A “values-based leader,” an executive whom employees look up to and emulate, follows four key principles:
  • First, “self-reflection” helps the leader determine what is important and what is not.

About the Author

Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. teaches management and strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a former chairman and CEO of Baxter International, a health care company.


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