Lead With Humility 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis

Lead With Humility : 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis
ISBN: 9780814449110
Publication Date: 1 September 2014

When 'Fortune' announced its list of the World's Greatest Leaders, the top spot was awarded--not to a captain of industry--but to the new pontiff. In the year since his election, Pope Francis earned that accolade...and more. He has achieved the remarkable: breathed life into an aging institution, reinvigorated a global base, and created real hope for the future. How did a man who spent his life laboring in slums far from the Vatican manage to do this and so quickly The answer lies in his humility--and the simple principles that spring from it. Lead with Humility explores 12 of these principles and shows how leaders and managers can adapt them for the workplace with equally impressive results.

They include:

- Don't stand over your employees--sit down with them
- Avoid insularity
- Don't judge--assess
- Take care of people, not lobbies
- Go where you are needed
- Temper ideology with pragmatism
- Don't change--reinvent!
- The boldest course can be the most prudent
- And more Pope Francis's ability to inspire the world is unprecedented in modern times.

Lead with Humility reveals the power of his methods, and helps anyone lead with grace and greater authenticity.

About the Author

Jeffrey A. Krames is publisher and editor-in-chief of McGraw-Hill's trade division. The editor of four previous books on Jack Welch, including the national bestseller Jack Welch and the GE Way, Krames has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and other publications. He has appeared on CNN and PBS and been quoted in Time, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, and other periodicals.