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With much acclaim, Chris Lowney\u2019s book, Heroic Leadership, <\/em>is inspired by Lowney\u2019s time and experience as a Jesuit priest.\u00a0 In a 2016 interview for America, The Jesuit Review<\/em>, Lowney states \u201cThere are too many definitions of leadership! Every pundit who is trying to sell books makes one up. So I prefer to go right to the dictionary\u2026\u201cto point out a way, direction or goal; and to influence others toward it.\u201d[1]<\/a>\u00a0 Lowney believes the Jesuit \u201cbrand\u201d is the most influential company of its kind.\u00a0 Some of the Jesuit successes include:\u00a0 first explorers to cross the Himalayas and enter Tibet, to paddle the headwaters of the Blue Nile, and to chart the Upper Mississippi River.\u00a0 The Jesuit\u2019s most notable accomplishment, however, is the \u201cworld\u2019s largest higher education network\u2026700 secondary schools and colleges sprawled five continents educating nearly 20% of all Europeans.\u201d[2]<\/a><\/p>\n

In his book, Lowney identities four leadership principles guiding the Jesuit corporate culture; self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism.\u00a0 \u201cIgnatius, Lowney observes, focused on followership rather than leadership: “Loyola’s core appeal was not his own leadership traits \u2014 it was his ability to identify and unlock others’ latent leadership potential.”[3]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Lowney himself provides greater insight in 2016 when he explains in an interview, \u201cNow, without a doubt, I believe that Jesuit (or Ignatian) spirituality and the traditions of the Jesuits lend themselves well to manifesting leadership in one\u2019s life and work. And, without a doubt, I feel that someone whose leadership is inspired by the Ignatian tradition will particularly emphasize certain habits or priorities as a leader, in ways that distinguish him\/her from the way leadership is generally taught and practiced.\u201d[4]<\/a><\/p>\n

The following habits and priorities are identified by Lowney as distinguishable:<\/p>\n