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Title: Character in Action: The U.S. Coast Guard on Leadership by Donald T. Phillips, James M. Loy ISBN: 1-59114-672-0 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Ethically Challenged Management
Comment: The Coast Guard has studied and attempted to teach leadership since the inception of the Revenue Cutter Service in 1790. What is missing in this treatise is the view from those being led. At the deck plate, this theory and feel-good tome does not resonate. Those working in Coast Guard blue respond to leaders of good moral character, who lead and care, and who show fairness and compassion. The past relationship between the Coast Guard and Admiral Loy's progeny lends serious questions about morality and nepotism. That the Admiral's progeny continues to receive preferential employment now from the TSA, leads any thinking person to question the credibility of the author. The Admiral's words ring hollow. Should we "judge one by his actions, not his words" or should we, "do as I say, not as I do?"
Save your time, there is not much here.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you don't like it, re-read it!
Comment: This is an incredibly good book. If you really did not like it.... Re-read it! You missed something!
If you think it is a primer on leadership, it is not. What it is... is a great book about an organization that serves incredible service to our country with very few people and very little money. Are people in the Coast Guard perfect? NO! And in spite of that, their HONOR, RESPECT, and DEVOTION TO DUTY help them pull together to make things work- often in spite of incredible odds!
Anyone will learn something from this book. Most of us can learn a lot from it, if we are willing to draw the parallels from this agency to our own business. The lesson is Character are compelling. To succeed, we all need to put the right people in the right place at the right time. Seems simple, but in practice, is very hard to do!
The book also provides analysis about today's Coast Guard Missions and their alignment with the purposes of the United States Government's purpose of being, as outlined in the preamble of the Constitution! The match between the two is startling! One can easily see why a Coast Guardsman is soooooo motivated as they are patriots and humantitarianists.
Good read & good sailing!
Rating: 4
Summary: From the author of "Chronicles of the HEDGE"
Comment: As a 26-year veteran of the Coast Guard (retired in 2003) who has served on small boat stations, a 378' Cutter (USCGC GALLATIN), and District and Headquarters offices, as well as authoring a fiction novel, I have a far different take than some of the reviews about "Character in Action." I found the book to be an enjoyable read that espoused the type of dynamic leadership I suspect most people would appreciate in their organization. As one reviewer euphemistically stated, this book is "sufficient for someone who manages an office or a McDonald's." I would agree. But the reviewer stops far too short. The book is also sufficient for someone who manages a Fortune 500 company, a Federal agency, or anything in between. The truth is, the leadership qualities described in this book - from encouraging frank communication, personal empowerment, adaptability to change, and the sheer courage to do the right thing at the right time - would be appropriate, and in fact, paramount to any organization that wants to both succeed in business and in life in the 21st century.
Are there flaws where leadership has failed to rise to the standards described in this book, as some reviews have taken great care to point out? You bet. But fortunately those are the exceptions rather than the rule. The anecdotal stories that precede every section in the book are clear examples, amongst hundreds of others that could be told, of Coast Guard men and women rising to the occasion under the most duressing times to complete a mission that many would not dare engage in.
I highly recommend "Character in Action" to anyone who wants to tweak their organizational leadership styles, and to those who enjoy good robust stories of real life adventure.
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Title: The Founding Fathers on Leadership : Classic Teamwork in Changing Times by Donald T. Phillips ISBN: 0446674257 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Coast Guardsman's Manual by George E., Captain Krietemeyer ISBN: 1557504687 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Coast Guard in World War I: An Untold Story by Alex R. Larzelere ISBN: 1557504768 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: 30 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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Title: Guardians of the Sea: History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present by Robert Erwin Johnson ISBN: 0870217208 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Coast Guard Action in Vietnam: Stories of Those Who Served by Paul C. Scotti ISBN: 1555715281 Publisher: Hellgate Press Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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