Leadership
Leadership is Character. Leadership is more than “thinking big”. A leader is always a servant. Leaders are not born, but are trained. Virtue is a habit acquired through practice.
Virtue
Virtue (Latin virtus; Greek ἀρετή "arete") is moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality deemed to be morally excellent and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Latin Virtus “Power” or “strength”.
In Christian philosophy, theological virtues are the character qualities associated with salvation. The three theological (“supernatural”) virtues are:
- Faith - steadfastness in belief
- Hope - expectation of and desire of receiving; refraining from despair and capability of not giving up
- Charity - selfless, unconditional, and voluntary loving-kindness such as helping one's neighbors.
They occur in the Bible at 1 Corinthians 13:13
We strengthen our character through the habitual practice of sound moral habits, called ethical or human virtues.
The rest of Phil’s teaching and an overview can be downloaded using these links.
In addition, the main resource for this study is a book by Alexandre Havard, “Virtuous Leadership: An Agenda for Personal Excellence”. You can find this book Amazon.
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