Heroic leadership : best practices from a 450-year-old company that changed the world / Chris Lowney.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Of Jesuits and J.P. Morgan -- What leaders do -- The Jesuits : an accidental company with a purposeful vision -- Leadership role models : three unlikely case studies -- To order one's life : self-awareness as the foundation of leadership -- The spiritual exercises : a lifelong development tool -- The whole world becomes our house : how ingenuity sparks innovation, creativity, and a global mindset -- Refuse no talent, nor any man of quality : how love uncovers talent and unites teams -- An uninterrupted life of heroic deeds : how heroism envisions the impossible and does it -- Exceptional daring was essential : when risk-taking vanished, so did the company almost -- The way we do things : four core values, but one integrated life.

Leaders make great companies, but few of us truly understand how to turn ourselves and others into great leaders.