Cover -- More Praise for From Smart to Wise -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE: Wise Leaders Wanted -- The Pitfalls of Smart Leadership -- The Functional Smart Leader and the Business Smart Leader -- Evolving from Smart to Wise -- What Is Wisdom? -- The Six Leadership Capabilities -- Becoming a Wise Leader -- The Path to Wise Leadership -- Identify the Zone -- Assess Where You Are on the Path -- Create a Road Map Toward Wise Leadership -- Stay the Course -- CHAPTER TWO: Shift Your Perspective: Connect to Your Noble Purpose -- What Is "Perspective"? -- The Limits of a Smart Perspective -- The Wise Leader's Perspective -- Shifting Your Perspective -- Noble Purpose: It's Your Personal North Star -- Finding One's Noble Purpose -- Finding Your North Star -- Noble Purpose in Action: Dr. V's Story -- A Mindful Mind-set -- Openness Through Reframing -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE: Be Aware of Your Action Orientation: Act Authentically and Appropriately -- Authenticity and Appropriate Action -- Authentic and Appropriate Action in the Age of Complexity -- The Limits of a Smart Action Orientation -- How Wise Leaders Act -- Align Actions with Noble Purpose -- Act with Bold Prudence -- Act with Context Sensitivity -- Maintain Equanimity-and Have Fun -- Heed Intuition -- Act with Integrity -- Bridging the Integrity Gap -- Credibility: Bridging the Saying-Doing Gap -- Commitment: Bridging the Feeling-Doing Gap -- Courage: Bridging the Being-Doing Gap -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR: Gain Role Clarity: Lead from Any Position -- The Limits of Smart Leadership Roles -- How Wise Leaders Demonstrate Role Clarity -- Role Clarity and Becoming a Wise Leader -- Cultivating Role Clarity -- You Are Bigger Than Your Role -- You Are Part of a Whole -- Cultivating a Beginner's Mind -- Learning to Let Go -- Conclusion.

CHAPTER FIVE: Clarify Your Decision Logic: Decide with Discernment -- The Neurobiology and Psychology of Making Decisions -- Smart Versus Wise Styles of Decision Logic -- Deciding with Discernment -- Cultivate a Mind-Set of Abundance -- Respond Mindfully to Events -- Decide with Ethical Clarity -- Use Logic, Instinct, Intuition, and Emotion to Decide -- Factor in the Larger Context -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SIX: Develop Flexible Fortitude: Know When to Hold and When to Fold -- Smart Leaders Get Stuck -- Wise Leaders Display Flexible Fortitude -- Stick to Decisions When Appropriate -- Inspire Others to Support Decisions -- Revise Decisions When the Context Shifts -- Draw on Collective Willpower for Transformational Change -- Cultivating Flexible Fortitude -- Harness Your Noble Purpose -- Manage Your Energy Selectively -- Foster Flexibility Through Ethical Clarity -- Demonstrate Fortitude as a Team Effort -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Discover Drivers of Your Motivation: Act with Enlightened Self-Interest -- Enlightened Self-Interest: The New Business Imperative -- Smart Leaders and Self-Interest -- Wise Leaders Are Driven to Serve Others -- Cocreating Sustainable Value with All Stakeholders -- Cultivating Enlightened Self-Interest -- Level 0: Zero-Sum Game (1 + 1 = 0) -- Level 1: Give and Take (1 + 1 = 2) -- Level 2: Making the Pie Bigger (1 + 1 = 3) -- Level 3: The Rising Tide Lifts All Boats (1 + 1 = 11) -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Cocreate a Field of Wise Leadership: Find Your Wisdom Logic -- One Journey to Wise Leadership: Steve Jobs -- Wisdom Logic: Your Authentic Pathway to Wise Leadership -- Cultivating Leadership Wisdom Across Social Systems -- Wise Groups -- Wise Teams -- Building Wise Cross-Functional Teams -- Wise Organizations -- Wise Communities -- Wise Nations -- Wise Leadership in a Complex World -- Conclusion -- Notes.

Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Index.