As a leadership consultant, I often use a writing tool called the Hero’s Journey* to explain the epic adventures that await leaders as they tackle tough challenges and opportunities and achieve ...

The idea of heroic leadership has become something of a dinosaur in recent thinking. When people attack this notion, they have in mind senior executives who think they have all the answers, who take ...

“Heroic Leadership For All” helps you become an innovative, mindful, and purpose-driven leader. Drawing on the wisdom and insights that have inspired Jesuit success across centuries, the program will ...

To a market hypersaturated with books on spirituality, leadership and, predictably, the spirituality of leadership, Chris Lowney, corporate executive and former Jesuit, adds a new twist. Noting that ...

A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with a friend of mine who works for one of the big banks. If you saw him in his sharp suit and power tie, you'd guess that he's a pretty big deal and you'd be right ...

One of the true pleasures of my job is that just about every day I get to witness acts of heroic leadership. Whether it’s the project manager who leads his team through a series of all-nighters to ...

Don't be seduced by the heroic leader fallacy Heroic leadership still holds us in its – mostly hairy and ever-so-masculine – vice-like grip, and attempts to encourage more reflective and reflexive ...

NEW YORK CITY MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI became a national hero for his leadership during the Sept. 11 crisis. He oversaw rescue and recovery, consoled grief-torn families, and reassured the public, while ...

Freight trains sit in the Alameda Corridor as cars drive across an overpass in Los Angeles, California. The Alameda Corridor, a 20-mile-long rail cargo expressway linking the ports of Long Beach and ...