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Ethics are a growing concern in all sectors of American culture. From businesses to all levels of schooling, as well as nonprofit companies, the values that guide business and teaching criteria are under scrutiny. But, does it take a scholarly textbook to understand how to create an ethical culture? No, Dwight Johnson has delved into the problems and presents practical solutions in his easy to read book, The Ethical Coach Leader: Developing Honor and Integrity.

A fiction book that has universal application, Johnson creates an intriguing story about a college coach who finds out that his star athlete failed a steroid test, putting the coach in the cross hairs of an ethical dilemma. During a couple of restless nights of sleep, Coach is visited by five ghosts: the Ghost of Example, the Ghost of Education, the Ghost of Experience, the Ghost of E-information, and the Ghost of Environment. Each has different advice for Coach on how to resolve his ethical dilemma. With the dreams haunting his every waking moment, Coach also seeks advice from two of his former mentors. The lessons Coach learns can be applied to any industry, business, school or individual life.

The Ethical Coach Leader challenges cultural mindsets and introduces new ideas on how to apply desperately needed teachings in ethics, integrity, honor and good character. This is a must read book for anyone who has influence on others or is in a leadership role.

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My Review

I received a free ecopy of this book for an honest review.

The Ethical Coach Leader is in the form of a story about a coach who has a dilemma to solve. While he is trying to decide what to do, he is visited by ghosts in a dream like Scrooge. These ghosts in this story, however, are the Ghost of Experience, the Ghost of Education, the Ghost of Examples, the Ghost of Environment, and the Ghost of E-information.

This book would be a good one for classes in which ethics are taught. It’s also a good one for anyone who is a leader or is planning to be in a leadership position whether it’s in sports or business or any other aspect of life. It’s often difficult knowing where to draw the line between right and wrong and The Ethical Coach Leader is one reference that can help figure that out.

About the Author

Dwight Johnson resides in Colorado Springs where he works at the United States Air Force Academy. He is a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel who was a Squadron Commander three times and a Division Chief twice. He also served as the Department Head of Services at the Air Force Institute of Technology, where he taught Customer Service and Total Quality Service.