Responsibility as a leader is the ability to respond quickly to a complex and changing business environment. It means using values to make decisions that not only affect brand trust and corporate reputation, but impact upon employees and the wider community. In today's increasingly interconnected world, it is more important than ever that managers can achieve goals and desired results while still maintaining a degree of authenticity, ethics and stewardship. The Responsible Leader identifies what it means to be an authentic leader, taking in intra-organizational relationships, role modelling and ethical practice. Addressing the practical challenge of implementing a framework of corporate social responsibility in an organization that may embrace thousands of people, The Responsible Leader sets out what this strategy looks like in practice and advises on creating a new and hopeful narrative for the future. Drawing on in-depth case studies from HSBC, PwC, Oasis and Marks and Spencers that chart the journey to responsible and sustainable management in challenging environments, it presents a fresh vision for leadership success that goes beyond simple compliance.

"At this time of rapid change, every institution and organization, including the church, is reviewing its understanding of leadership. Tim Richardson has assembled some very helpful models of a style of leadership which unites professional competence with the human characteristics which make all the difference between deadening and fruitful leadership." - Richard Chartres, Bishop of London

"A well-written overview of how we got where we are in our leadership understanding and the forces that are shaping our leadership context today." - Michael McKinney, LeadershipNow

"Especially recommended and appropriate for readers aspiring to becoming a leader in the corporate world or in government. The Responsible Leader will prove to be a significant and important addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library collections." - Midwest Book Review, Reviewer's Bookwatch, Logan's Bookshelf

"Timely, practical and stimulating." - Ian Powell, Chairman and Senior Partner, PwC UK