Gus Lee, Diane Elliott-Lee

Courage (eBook, PDF)

The Backbone of Leadership

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Courage, Gus Lee captures the essential component of leadership in measurable behaviors. Using actual stories from Whirlpool, Kaiser Permanente, IntegWare, WorldCom and other organizations, Lee shows how highly successful executives face and overcome their fears to develop moral intelligence. These real-world examples offer practical lessons for rooting out unethical practices and behaviors by * Assessing them for rightness and integrity * Addressing moral failures * Following through with dialogue and direct action

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780787985127
• Artikelnr.: 37353277

Autorenporträt

Gus Lee is a best-selling author and nationally-recognized expert on leadership and ethics. He has been a successful lawyer, board member, and executive and is adjunct staff at the Center for Creative Leadership and the US Department of Justice. He graduated from West Point, and served as an army JAG attorney and paratrooper. He speaks frequently to a broad range of organizations and educational institutions including the Smithsonian, Bank of America, the FBI, Levi Strauss, MCI, Intel, Kaiser Permanente, Lucent, Whirlpool, West Point, USAF, the DEA, Harvard, Stanford, and UC Berkeley. He has also appeared on many major TV and radio shows. His previous books include the best-selling novels China Boy (a New York Times Best Book selection now in its 17th printing), Honor and Duty, Tiger's Tail, and No Physical Evidence. He has also written a nonfiction book, Chasing Hepburn, and contributed to Time magazine, Encyclopedia Britannica, and other anthologies. Through his company, Integrenomics, he has created several assessments and skill-building tools about courage and character. He grew up in San Francisco and now lives in Colorado Springs. Diane Elliott-Lee is a distinguished and award-winning clinical nurse specialist. She has helped edit Gus's five previous books and provided the guidance, inspiration, and structure for this book.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction PART ONE: BACKBONE AT THE POINT OF DECISION
Chapter 1 Chris' Story Chapter 2 Seeking Courageous Core Values Chapter 3
Moving Deeper (and Higher) Into Values and Ethics Chapter 4 Chris' Story
Comes to a Close Chapter 5 Coda: Applying Courageous Core Values at
Whirlpool PART TWO COURAGE IN ACTION Chapter 6 Courageous Communication
Chapter 7 The Courageous Communication Model Chapter 8 Courageous Feedback
Chapter 9 Courage by Example Chapter 10 Courageous Leadership Chapter 11
Three Acts of Courageous Leadership Chapter 12 Courageous Problem Solving:
The Black Box Chapter 13 Using Courageous Communication from the Bottom-Up
Part Three Growing Your Courage Chapter 14 Everyday Habits That Build
Courage Chapter 15 Your Character Quotient Chapter 16 The Courage to Change
List of Exhibits & Tools Endnotes

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"...his advice is valuable...is welcome." ( Publishers Weekly , December 12, 2005)