FOCUS in ACTION Is Great Leadership

Introduction

With the hundreds of books and textbooks published on the subject of leadership development, you may be asking, “Why another one?” To that question, I answer, “Because there is not a book that blends into one whole the what, when, how, and why of leadership and professional development for emerging leaders and shares the secrets of executive-level leadership.” This gap is filled in my book through the introduction of my leadership model, which I named the Johnson White Leadership Model (JWLM). This book is intended for leadership and professional development courses at the secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels of schools. It is suitable for curricular and co-curricular courses, workshops, and seminars. This book also meets the needs of profit and nonprofit companies and organizations to assist them in maintaining their competitive advantage within their industry through the intentional leadership and professional development of their employees at all levels of the organization and/or clients.

Goals

The overarching goal of this book is to build leaders whose focus and action will result in the great leadership needed to address twenty-first-century issues and challenges. Now, more than in any other time in history, effective leaders will have to master four hallmarks of leadership and professionalism: relationships built on integrity; work grounded in excellence; service that meets the needs of the local, regional, national, and international customers; and a commitment to the resolution of social issues and the protection of our global resources through outcomes that result in the betterment of all stakeholders and humankind. I prayerfully trust that this book will accomplish my goal of building twenty-first-century global leaders through “motiva-cation.” Motiva-cation is a term I coined that represents a blend of motivation and education that I seek to accomplish and inspire through the pages of this book.