Praise for this book

…should be mandatory reading for all middle managers and executives who will lead organizations out of the recession and into the next era of global growth.” — Stephen J Rolla, Former President and CEO, Capitol Office Solutions, a Xerox Company

…provides a pathway to what it truly takes to be a great leader…” — Richard Kohr, Jr., CEO, Evergreen Capital LLC

…offers beneficial insights and specific take home value, and I recommend it enthusiastically.” — Joe Mancuso, CEO of the CEO Clubs Worldwide

…provides goals and behaviors that leaders can apply so their organizations can survive and prosper in these tough economic times. The use of case studies will do a lot to help readers to apply what they have learned in their leadership positions.” — Kenneth N.Wexley, PhD, co-author of Working Scared: Achieving Success in Trying Times

…an incredibly timely book that will help today’s leaders lead boldly during these extremely challenging and uncertain times…The authors hit the leadership sweet spot with their Six Essential Characteristics and my hat is off to them for placing integrity at the top of the list!” — Andrew F. Burke, President and CEO, Insight Beverages, Inc.

…essential reading…addresses the critical requirements of building leadership through integrity, optimistic vision, and perseverance—qualities not taught in business school but missing in so many of today’s CEOs.” — Roger A. Wittenbach, CEO, Wittenbach Business Systems

…a great resource, especially in these challenging times. The authors have brilliantly distilled the lessons of history and merged them with common sense to create a brief but powerful guide to building resilience, confidence, and longevity.” — CA Dutch Ruppersberger, US Congress, Maryland’s 2nd District

Leadership and success are two sides of the same coin…this book provides a fresh look at how to achieve success during good times and bad.” — Alan M. Langlieb, MD, MPH, MBA, editor of Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace

…an excellent, concise summary of the basic principles that all businesses should be based on and how they should be applied even under times of great stress. The historical examples of how leaders acted (good and bad) under stress are extremely enlightening, and the Leadership Assessment case studies provide good food for thought…” — Robert J. Collins,  PhD, President, Gerstel, Inc.

…Insightful, comprehensive and applicable to learning the fundamentals of leading and leadership.” — Fred Rhodes, EdD, Vice President for Academic and Student Life, Bellarmine University

Insightful and instructive…a must read for any established or aspiring leaders in today’s world.” — Jonathan Schochor, JD

An absolute must read for anyone who intends to lead or accept responsibility in the volatile environment of profit and non-profit organizations.” — John B. Colvin, Principal, Questar Properties, Inc.

First and foremost, let me say that this text should be positioned as the axel around which the curricular wheel for management training and education is positioned. It is clearly a text for modern times during which our leaders-in-training may expect unparalleled challenges. Consequently, the book’s theme is very timely and very much on the radar screen for all management educators. Rising leaders should consider this work a management classic.

George Everly has a gift for making complex scientific findings relevant and useful to management practitioners. My first impression after reading the text was how its topics were perfectly aligned to courses within a management curriculum that support and extend the findings presented in each of the chapters. The Secrets of Resilient Leadership unveils not only the secrets of the resilient leader but paths for achieving that distinction, clearly identifying for faculty and students key issues for educational focus.

This is a book for our times and one that deserves rereading and reflection throughout the career trajectory. It should be required reading by all who aspire to be or become resilient leaders and by those who mentor aspirants.” — Christina Harnett, PhD, MBA, Johns Hopkins University, Division of Public Safety Leadership

A must read for every high school senior. Great preparation for the adult life they are about to begin. Every politician should be required to study. Would dramatically improve performance of candidates.” — Kevin J. McCarthy, Attorney