Character in action : the U.S. Coast Guard on leadership / Donald T. Phillips with Adm. James M. Loy, USCG (Ret.).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Don T.

Contributor:

Loy, James M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

United States. Coast Guard.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How does the U.S. Coast Guard create, instill, and maintain leadership throughout a 40,000 member force spread across the United States? A former Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and a best-selling author combine their knowledge of the subject to offer a formula for success. Donald T. Phillips, who has written eight books on leadership, asserts that the Coast Guard is a superlative example of an organization with effective leadership, loaded with leaders at all levels. From a guardsman scraping barnacles off buoys in the Gulf of Mexico to the captain of a cutter in the Gulf of Alaska to the

Contents:

part one. Set the foundation

part two. Focus on people

part three. Instill a bias for action

part four. Ensure the future.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 3, 2014).

ISBN:

9781612515472

1612515479

OCLC:

862608741