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Zusatztext If you ever aspire to effective leadership, whether at the tactical or strategic level, you'll soon learn that the most important ingredient in effective leadership is character. Bob Caslen and Mike Matthews have captured this truth in both theory and application with moving and insightful stories and personal experiences. This book will both challenge you and motivate you to lead a life of integrity and honor, and in so doing, inspire the men and women you lead to the highest achievements they never thought possible. Bob and Mike have something very, very important here. I hope it goes viral in a big way. Informationen zum Autor Lieutenant General Robert L. Caslen, Jr. is the 29th president of the University of South Carolina. Caslen is a retired Army lieutenant general and former superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. After retiring from the Army in 2018, Caslen became the senior counsel to the president at the University of Central Florida. Caslen grew up in Vermont, worked in his family’s ski lodge, and then was recruited to play football at West Point. Along with his bachelor’s degree from West Point, Caslen holds an MBA in finance from Long Island University and a master’s in industrial engineering from Kansas State University. He and his wife, Shelly, have been married for forty-two years and have three sons and four grandchildren. Michael D. Matthews is Professor of Engineering Psychology at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served as President of the American Psychological Association’s Society for Military Psychology from 2007 to 2008 and is a Templeton Foundation Senior Positive Psychology Fellow. From 2014 to 2015, he served as a Fellow for the U.S. Army Chief of Staff’s Strategic Studies Group. He has authored more than 250 scientific papers and edited several books on military psychology, and is the author of Head Strong: How Psychology is Revolutionizing War , Human Performance Optimization (co-edited with David M. Schnyer), and The Science and Ethics of Enhancing Human Capabilities . Klappentext True leadership is about character - the key to winning 'the right way'. The Character Edge shows you why this is so important in today's social environment and how to achieve it. 'Inspiring and practical in equal measure, drawing upon both scientific research and personal experience in how, and why, to develop strengths of heart, mind and gut' Angela Duckworth , CEO of Character Lab and bestselling author of Grit Vorwort True leadership is about character – the key to winning ‘the right way’. The Character Edge shows you why this is so important in today’s social environment and how to achieve it. Zusammenfassung True leadership is about character – the key to winning ‘the right way’. The Character Edge shows you why this is so important in today’s social environment and how to achieve it....
