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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824139803321

Autore

Phillips Don T

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-61251-547-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LoyJames M

Disciplina

658.4/092

658.4092

Soggetti

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. Set the foundation -- part two. Focus on people -- part three. Instill a bias for action -- part four. Ensure the future.

Sommario/riassunto

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