Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xiii

The Author xv

Introduction xvii

1 How Much Can We Hope For? 1

Part One: The Leadership Brain 9

2 A Brain Designed for Leadership? 11

3 Darwin Rediscovered: Did the Brain Evolve Leadership Capabilities? 53

Part Two: Historic Leadership Patterns 79

4 All About Leaders: Good, Bad, and Misguided 81

5 Leadership and the Historic Evolution of Political Institutions 101

6 Leadership of Economic Institutions: The Rise of Corporations 123

7 Leadership in Institutions of Human Meaning: Religion, Art, and Science 143

Part Three: Leadership In Contemporary Affairs 167

8 Keeping on Track: Leadership in Contemporary Corporations 169

9 A Worldwide Swindle: By Banking Leaders-w/o-Conscience? 193

10 Keeping a Global Economy and a Global Community on Track 213

11 Keeping on Track by Practicing Good/Moral Leadership 241

12 Renewing the Story of Human Progress with Darwin’s Help 267

Appendix: Darwin Misunderstood 271

Notes 283

Index 301