Contact Karen Warrick
Phone: 509.455.5328
Email: kwarrick@cbsinfo.com

Description

Ethical Leadership at the Competitive Edge is an eight-hour educational package based on Father Robert J. Spitzer's book, The Spirit of Leadership. It is both provocative and timely, featuring a combination of Father Spitzer (four hours) and live facilitation with exercises and discussion.

The facilitators are J. Michael Stebbins, Ph.D., Director of the Gonzaga Institute of Ethics, and Karen L.Warrick, National Program Consultant.

Many organizations have invested in the skills and structures of change, but have forgotten the more intangible quality of spirit. As a result, their changes have been short-lived, their adaptability slow, and their ability to move to the "next level" nonexistent. The absence of spirit (even with all the right skills and structures) has prevented these organizations from developing a self-motivated desire to change for the common good. Indeed, the absence of spirit has led to abject resistance to change.

This video series is intended not only to make up for this glaring error of omission, but also to probe deeply into all the major roots of organizational spirit. It does this by examining ways of enhancing: organizational vision, communication within the organization, meaning and purpose in both personal and business life, organizational commitments necessary for trust, organizational commitments toward an optimal "people system," ethics and fair conduct of business, leaders credibility, wisdom, and charisma, leaders' ability to be contemplative and self-examined (leading to broader, deeper, and more long-term perspectives), and co-participation and co-ownership within the organization.

Reviews

"Read this book! In it, Spitzer soars, delivering a precise, profound, and passionate case for inspired leadership. His timeless prescriptions bring clarity to the flabby and fragmented musings of the popular business press. He shows us how the intangibles of spirit, trust, and vision drive the outcomes of organizational success."
  -- Michael W. Morrison, Dean, University of Toyota

"Spitzer is right on the mark. Quantitative and analytical understanding, though necessary for leadership, are not enough. This book provides the missing ingredients, spirit, trust and heart."
  -- Sid Banwart, Vice President, Caterpiller, Inc.

"I'm pleased to see that the same intellectual energy and spiritual power that characterize Bob's presentations made it into print. Drinking deeply from this well of wisdom will help any leader soar to new heights."
  -- Alan Mulally, President, Boeing Commercial

"Bob Spitzer has drawn a blueprint for ethical consideration and conduct within our organization at every level of activity. Our relationships with our customers, fellow employees, suppliers, and the communities in which we do business will be positively impacted by his work."
  -- Jim Sinegal, President and CEO, Costco Wholesale Corporation

"This book beautifully captures the best of Bob Spitzer, a man who is raising the standards of ethical business performance worldwide by touching the minds and hearts of individual leaders. His brilliant book has the power to bless the lives of millions of people. It will be required reading in all our programs."
  -- Lou Tice, President, The Pacific Institute