John Goolsby ’64John Goolsby ’64Integrity – Courage - ImpactIntegrity – Courage - Impact

John Goolsby…Howard Hughes…The Aviator!

Good Outcomes from Positive Ethics (2010)– Distinguished Professional Contribution Award

Problem of self-serving behavior– Bribery

– Conflicts of interest

– Political coercion

Codes of conduct

Goolsby Leadership ModelGoolsby Leadership ModelAuthentic Leadership, Emotional Authentic Leadership, Emotional

CompetenceCompetence Goolsby to West Point – United States Military Academy

– Combat Leadership Course, November 2007

The Battery Class: – Major Nathan Keller, PhD, U.S. Army– The Leadership Battery®

Psychological preferences – MBTI Interpersonal needs – FIRO-B Self-Reliance, interdependence – SRI Emotional competence – ECI Leadership Style – MLQ

Competence & Character

CPT Anthony Simmons, US CPT Anthony Simmons, US ArmyArmy

2007 D2007 Distinguished Goolsby Scholaristinguished Goolsby Scholar Maverick Battalion, Army ROTC 2006 Summer Intern – ACC 2009 – Deployed from Ft. Hood

– Operation Iraqi Freedom– Platoon Leader

Stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia– Preparing for Captain’s Career Course– Target: Company Commander

Harvard MBA Program Option– 9/11 GI Bill, Class of 2016

Colonel Sean Hannah, Colonel Sean Hannah, Ph.D.Ph.D.

2010 2010 Goolsby Distinguished Visiting Goolsby Distinguished Visiting ProfessorProfessor Colonel Hannah, Infantry, United States Army

Director of the Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE), West Point – USMA

  Areas of Expertise:

– Leadership Development– Leadership in Extreme Contexts– Leader Complexity– Ethical and Authentic Leadership – Character Development– Leader Identity, Self-Efficacy, and Courage

Character Strength Character Strength Inventory Inventory

(CSI)(CSI) Back to West Point, Nov 2007 - now 5 Signature Strengths

– Valor– Industry– Self-Regulation– Integrity or Authenticity– Critical Thinking

Validation Studies – Character ≠ personality or values– Study 1 (UT Arlington): N = 205 complete Test–Retest– Study 2 (Syracuse University): N = 164 partial Test–Retest

Herbert J. TaylorHerbert J. Taylor…50…50thth Rotary International Year President Rotary International Year President

Club Aluminum Company of Chicago– Took an 80% cut in pay…in the Depression!– Loaned $6,100 of his own money– …then he prayed!

The Four–Way Test…of Character

– 100 word guideline…became– 7 questions…became – 4 questions we know today

Service Above SelfService Above Self