Book description
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
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.
