Memo to CEO: Five Easy Ways to Invigorate the C-Suite

As business is inherently stressful, especially for those in leadership positions, maintaining a restorative workplace environment is essential to promoting sound mental health and achieving sustained competitive excellence. Eich stresses that chief executives must continuously monitor their teams for ennui and malaise. As the previous article describes the impact of spirituality in the workplace, Eich notes the importance of creating an environment marked by the arts and measured forms of relaxation — whether in the form of comforting music, gardens, artwork, and/or time off from work. A reflective, calming work environment promotes a healthy psyche which, in turn, fosters creativity and loyalty

Commentary: On Patience in Leadership

Patience, Approachability, Tolerance, Independence, Empathy, Nurturing Nature, Confidence, and Endurance represent the fundamental characteristics demarcating genuine leadership and principled decision-making. Author Ritch K. Eich provides illustrations of both past and present leaders in fields spanning from sports to civil rights — whose own brand of leadership incorporated one or multiples of these tenets in their respective careers

Playing Above the Breaks...

In his attempt to gain an understanding of true leadership traits, Eich assembled a cadre of well-known successful leaders from academe, law enforcement, journalism, foreign affairs, and athletics. What he discovered was a common thread between them: a “true” leader recognizes his or her own fallibility, resists blaming others for unsuccessful choices, and seeks the continuous feedback of an adroitly-assembled team

Leadership Shortcomings: A Values Deficit

Eich shapes his personal definition of principled leadership by examining several modern-day leaders. He examines the impetus and motivation that characterize successful, exemplary leaders and explains why their actions exude integrity, spawn followers and emulators, and generate widespread respect