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Gus Lee is the Chair of Character Development at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. He is honored to be a part of the oldest character-based leadership institution of learning and courageous personal development in the United States.
Gus is the part-time Chief Learning and Education Officer for Integware Inc., a character-centric, high-core values-aligned 50 Colorado Companies-to-Watch PLM strategy firm that serves Johnson & Johnson (A Built to Last firm), Abbott Laboratories (A Good to Great firm), Medtronic and Zimmer, with a Gold Sponsorship Agreement with ENOVIA/Dassault Services.
Courage: The Backbone of Leadership (Jossey-Bass 2006) received the 2007 Golden Quill Award as a noteworthy book that contributes to the quality of life. It was 800CEOread's Spring #2 best-selling business book. It behavioralizes courage, integrity and character.
Best-seller Courage: The Backbone of Leadership is endorsed by GEN (Ret) H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Warren Bennis, CEOs, C-level executives, non-profit leaders, college presidents, general officers, ethicists, educators, thought leaders, faith leaders, globally-recognized best-selling authors, nurses, physicians, FBI special agents, peace officers, law enforcement trainers and men of recognized valor in combat.
Courage has been adopted by corporations, government agencies, military units, law enforcement training centers, faith organizations, West Point's National Conference on Ethics in America, Lockheed Martin, the Duke Fuqua School of Business, the Kansas City Police Department's Regional Police and Leadership Academy, Integware, St. Mark's School of Texas, Leadership NOW, non-profits and other institutions.
Integrenomics is honored to announce that Gus Lee has signed a perpetual licensing agreement with Development Dimensions International. This agreement permits DDI to present Courageous Leadership materials within its suite of global executive leadership development services.
Integrenomics is also honored to be associated with the Kansas City Police Department Regional Police Academy, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, the Praevius Group and ExecuProv.
Gus Lee was invited to be a member of West Point's Honor Study Group. Commissioned by the Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, and led by GEN (Ret) Fred Franks, the HSG is tasked with assessing the state and status of West Point's character development programs and Honor Code.
Gus Lee is a contributor to the West Point/U.S. Army Human Resources Command's upcoming book, The Army Study of Company Commander and Platoon Leader Effectiveness.
Calendar of Events
Ongoing: Integware, Fort Collins, CO; the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, Texas; ISEC, Mesa, Arizona; Development Dimensions International, Pittsburg, PA.; the Praevius Group, Salado, TX.
January, 2006, Sonoma Academy, EPA, Cricket Communications, Wes Corp, Centura Hospitals, St. Marks Academy, LA, Barrick Gold, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Pinkard Construction, and others; consulting 2006
January 5-6, 2006 - DDI, Pittsburg, PA; consulting re: Courageous Leadership
January 11, 2006 - Rotary Club of Colorado Springs: "Courage"
January 10-12, 2006 - Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, CO: executive coaching
February 1-2, 2006 - ISEC, Phoeniz, AZ: "Courageous Communication," "Courageous Leadership"
February 8-11, 2006 - Virginia Tech Leadership Conference, Blacksburg, VA: keynoter "Leading with Courage"
February 14, 2006 - Sonoma Academy, Sonoma, CA: executive coaching
February 28, 2006 - NAPSG National Conference, Charleston, SC; keynote: "Owning Courage"
March 10, 2006 - IntegWare, Ft. Collins, CO: "Aligning Core Values Behaviors"
March 21, 2006 - ASTD, Seattle, WA: "Teaching Courage" (and various area book signings)
March 21, 2006 - Corbis/Microsoft, Seattle, WA: "Courageous Communication"
April 14, 2006 - University of Colorado, Emerging Leaders Program: "Courageous Leadership"
April 19 - 21, 2006 - Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA: "Behaviors of Courage" (and various Bay area book signings)
April 20, 2006 - Redwood Academy, Oakland, CA: "The Behaviors of Courage"
April 21, 2006 - ASEA Conference, San Francisco, CA; keynoter, "Diversity and Courage"
April 28, 2006 - KLHT, Stamford, CT, keynoter: "On Courage" (and area book signings)
May 3-17, 2006 - Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: Character Filter interviews
May 5, 2006 - St. Marks, Dallas, TX: Character Development Program design
May 12, 2006 - NAIS Diversity Roundtable, Atlanta, GA
June 1, 2006 - ISEC, Denver, CO: "Hiring for Character"
June 9, 2006 - Pinkard Construction, Denver, CO: Executive Coaching
June 23-30, 2006 - Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO; Executive Coaching Intensives
July 10, 2006 - University of Colorado, Emerging Leaders Program Launch, inaugural presentation: "Courageous Leading"
July 13, 2006 - IntegWare, Fort Collins, CO: Teambuilding and Character Filter Hiring
August 8, 2006 - SF Bay Area, booksignings, Book Passages, Corte Madera, CA: Courage: The Backbone of Leadership
August 11, 2006 - University of California, Davis Law School: keynote: "On Courage"
August 17-18, 2006 - St. Marks, Dallas, TX, Character Development Program Presentation to the A Team
August 22, 2006 - Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, keynoter: "Integrity, Courage and Character"
August 25, 2006 - Southwestern College, Winfield, KS: Convocation speaker: "Principled Living & Diversity"
August 29, 2006 - Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: Core Values Team Development & High Ropes
August 31, 2006 - Chandler School, Cal Tech, Pasadena, CA; faculty address: "Owning Courage"
September 1, 2006 - St. Mark's Episcopal, Pasadena, CA: faculty and staff address: "Behaviors of Courage"
September 6-8, 2006 - ISEC, Denver, CO: "Courageous Communication and Leadership" and High Ropes Challenge
September 12-28, 2006 - Memorial Health System, executive coaching, consulting and advising
September 20-21, 2006 - Memorial Health System Board of Trustees: "Selecting Core Values and Operating Principles"
September 26, 2006 - First Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, CO; Men's Life Program: "The Father Wound"
September 27, 2006 - DDI, Webinar for select senior staff: "Courageous Leadership"
September 30, 2006 - CSCCI Moon Festival Celebration; keynoter: "On Courage"
October 20, 2006 - Center for Academic Integrity International Conference, Boulder, CO, keynoter: "Leadership, Courage and the Character of Our Schools"
October 24, 2006 - Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: "Partnership Building"
October 30, 2006 - National Conference on Ethics in America, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, banquet keynoter: "Crossing the River of Fear: Academic Integrity to Corporate Courage"
November 8, 2006 - Medical Social Work Department (at El Pomar): "Courageous Teambuilding"
November 12, 2006 - NAIS Board of Trustees, Washington DC: "Selecting Core Values and Operating Principles"
November 13, 2006 - Blood:Water Mission, Washington DC: meeting with select staff and advisors
November 15, 2006 - Executives, Arapaho County, CO: "Courageous Communication"
December 4, 2006 - St. Mark's, Dallas, TX: Character Development Program presentations
December 28, 2006 - Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: "CVTD: Character Insights A and Core Values Aligning"
January 11, 2007 - Transformation Management Association, Denver, CO: "Courageous Transformation"
January 21, 2007 - Temple Beit Torah, Colorado Springs, CO: "The Courage of David"
January 22, 2007 - Systems Ops Team, Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: "Identifying Core Values"
January 23 - First Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, CO: "The Cowardice of Adam"
January 30, 2007 - Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: "CVTD: Character Insights B and Core Values Alignment"
February 1, 2007 - School of Architecture, University of Colorado: "The Essence of Chinese History"
February 3, 2007 - Chinese Cultural Institute and Chinese New Year: book signing: Courage
February 12, 2007 - California District Attorneys Association, San Francisco, CA: "Courageous Leading"
February 16, 2007 - Center for Academic Integrity, Boulder, CO: "Courage and Character in Our Schools"
February 19-20, 2007 - Center for Academic Integrity, Boulder, CO: "Reading Our Future: Courage & Cowardice"
February 22, 2007 - Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: "CVTD: Courageous Communication Tools"
February 23, 2007 - Medical Staff, Board of Trustees, Exec Team, MHS: "Courage and Professionalism"
February 24, 2007 - U.S. Air Force Academy, Natl Character & Ldrship Symposium: "Courage in Diversity"
February 27, 2007 - Brentwood School, Los Angeles, CA; Hutson Memorial Speaker: "On Courage"
March 4-5, 2007 - Faculty, Board of Trustees, St. Mark's, Dallas, TX: Character Development Program presentations
March 8, 2007 - CO Association of Health Executives, Denver, CO: "Leadership in Times of Pressure: Integrity or Results?"
March 15, 2007 - Denver, CO: DDI Senior Management Conference: "Why Courage is the First Virtue"
March 19, 2007 - GAMA International LAMP Conference, Toronto, Canada: "Owning and Leading with Courage"
March 23, 2007 - Cleaveland Community Solutions, Cleaveland, OH: "Courageously Leading Non-profits in Changing Times"
April 9, 2007 - University of Colorado: "Confucius, Aristotle & Dogbert: Is a Humane Society Reachable?"
April 12, 2007 - University of Arizona, Retailing Center Conference, Tucson, AZ: "Courage as Innovation"
April 23-25, 2007 - DDI Client Leadership Conference, Atlanta, GA: "Courageous Leading"
May 7, 21, June 4 - First Presbyterian Church, Stephen Ministers: "Courageous Communication"
May 17-18, 2007 - DDI/Halliburton, Woodlands, TX: "Creating a Culture of Courage"
May 19, 2007 - University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law Commencement: "Integrity, Courage, Character"
May 26, 2007 - Eric Lee graduates as a DMG and is commissioned 2LT, U.S. Army
May 31, 2007 - Leadership Summit, Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: "Deploying Core Values"
June 11, 2007 - Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO: Core Values Team Development
July 19, 2007 - 4th U.S. Infantry Division Command Group, Leadership Conference, San Antonio, TX: "Courageous Leadership & Teambuilding" (pro bono)
August 14, 2007 - Lockheed-Martin: "Courageous Leadership Behaviors"
September 2007 - Advocate Health Care, Chicago, IL: "Courageous Leading"
November 2007 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; National Conference on Ethics in America (pro bono)
December 2007 - Cogitec: "Principled Strategic Planning"
December 2007 - Integware and ENOVIA: "The Missing How of Principled Partnering"
December 2007 - Temple Shalom: "The Pentafecta of Cowardice" (pro bono)
December 2007 - Compassion International: Courageous Coaching engagement
December 2007 - North Middle School, with Governor Bill Ritter: "On Your Courage" (pro bono)
December 2007 - joy and blessings: Eric marries Rebecca Gant; Jena weds James Nardella!
January 2008 - Mission Medical, keynote: "The Courage of Moses or the Courage of David?" (pro bono)
March 2008 - West Point Honor Conference, USMA: "Courage and Character Over Honor and Ethics" (pro bono)
March 2008 - Memorial Health System Cardiac Care Unit: "5 Courageous Communication Tools"
April 2008 - WPPC, Mt Hermon, CA
April 2008 - Memorial Health System Radiology Conference: "Courageous Communication"
April 2008 - U.S. Air Force: "Courage in Daily Ops" (pro bono)
April 2008 - California State University Monterey Bay Business School: "The How's of Courageous Leadership"
May 2008 - SSM Health Care, Marco Island, FL: "The How's of Courageous Leadership"
May 2008 - University of Colorado Bethel School of Nursing Convocation: "Courage: The First Virtue"
June 2008 - research trip to Turkey, England and France for the next book
July 2008 - The Leadership Academy/Regional Police Academy, Kansas City: "Courage on the Street"
July 2008 - PEO: "Courage: The Keystone of Leadership"
July-Aug 2008 - Joseph Coleman Enterprises, Core Values Development
July 2008 - FT Benning Airborne Graduation
August 2008 - The Leadership Academy/Regional Police Academy, Kansas City: "Courage and Conflict Avoidance"
August 2008 - Kansas City Police Department, Kansas City, MO: "Courage, UPR and the Buddy-Check"
August 2008 - Federal Weather Service Center Training Center, Kansas City: "Courageous Leadership"
August 2008 - University of Colorado Convocation: "The Portal to Character"
August 2008 - Leadership Pikes Peak, Leadership NOW: "Core Values, Character and Courage"
August 2008 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, SPCME Character Conference: "Essence of Leadership Growth"
September 2008 - Duke University Fuqua School of Business: "Courageous Leadership"
September 2008 - CAHE: "Building Courageous Healthcare Teams in the Face of Change"
September 2008 - Governance Institute, Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs: "Courage: Backbone of Leadership"
September 2008 - ISEC University: "Courageous Leading and Teaming"
September 2008 - Leadership Pikes Peak, Leadership NOW
October 2008 - University of Tampa Commencement: "Courage"
October 2008 - Meeting with GEN (Ret) H. Norman Schwarzkopf and LTGEN (Ret) James Ellis
October 2008 - Leadership Pikes Peak, Leadership NOW, multi-parteducation program, "Courageous Leadership"
October 2008 - Tri-County Health, Denver: "High Core Values Behaviors"
October 2008 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point: National Conference on Ethics in America
November 2008 - Leadership Pikes Peak, Leadership NOW
December 2008 - Stanley Morgan CEO Conference, New York: "Why Courage Now"
December 2008 - Leadership Pikes Peak, Leadership NOW Graduation: "Courage First"
December 2008 - WAIC, Keynote, "Courageous Leading of Youth"
January 2009 - Menlo Park Presbyterian Church: "Good to Great Dads: Courage and Men"
February 2009 - EJC, Colorado: Character Coaching
February 2009 - Morgan Stanley, New York, "Courage Produces Greater Profits"
February 2009 - Northern Colorado Net Keynote, "Courage in Times of Stress"
February 2009 - Larimer County Detention Facility, address to inmates, "Getting to Version 3.0 of Ourselves"
February 2009 - El Pomar Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO: "Can We Lead Without Courage?"
February 2009 - Colorado Capital Bank, Denver, CO, day-long education: "Courageous Leadership"
February 2009 - Abbott Labs and ENOVIA: "Courageous Communication Platform for Principled Partnerships, Part I"
March 2009 -- ENOVIA Partnership Keynote: "Creating a Courageous Communication Partnering Platform"
March 2009 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Spring Honor Conference Keynote: "Battle Buddy: Area Weapon for Character"
April 2009 - York School awards, Carmel, CA, Keynote speaker; Rotary Club, Carmel, CA; Bill Cater USMA 70: "3 Steps to Courage"
April 2009 - Camp West Conference, Las Vegas, NV: "Courageous Leadership"
April 2009 - Smith & Nephew, Memphis, TN: "Communicating for Success"
April 2009 - Barnes & Noble, Fort Collins, CO: Signing, "Courageous Communication for Educators"
April 2009 - IW Lyceum: "Conflict/Collusion Resolution I"
May 2009 - YMCA San Francisco: "Mind, Body, Spirit."
May 2009 - Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, MA: "Courage: From Male to Man"
May, 2009 - SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. Keynote to all staff: "Courage Under Fire"
June 2009 - IW Lyceum: Leadership Development Group: "Character and Personality"
June 2009 - GC Leadership Institute, Fountain Valley, Keynote: "No Courage, No Leadership"
June 2009 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY: Officer and cadre equipping for BCI/BCT/CFT
July 2009 - IW Lyceum: Team Interview training: "Captains and Officers"
August 2009 - Duke University Fuqua School of Business: "Courageous Leadership"
August 2009 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY: "UPR and the Buddy Check Initiative"
August 2009 - IW Lyceum: "Courageous Coaching"
August 2009 - IW Lyceum: "Conflict/Collusion Resolution II"
September 2009 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY: "Respect as a Combat Multiplier"
October 2009 - University of the Rockies, Colorado Springs, CO: Commencement: "On Professionalism"
October 2009 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY: National Conference on Ethics in America
November 2009 - Character Fort Collins: "Character Takes Courage"
January 2010 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, "Respect as a Combat Multiplier"
February 2010 - NoCoNet, "Courage in a Time of Fear"
February 2010 - First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins, "Discernment and Small Groups"
March 2010 - U.S. Army, 11th ADA, FT Bliss, TX: Officer Professional Development: "Courageous Leading"
March 2010 - West Point Society of Aberdeen, MD, Founders Day, "USMA and Leaders of Character"
March 2010 - Character Fort Collins, "How to Be a Courageous Leader I" (open to the public)
March 2010 - St. Mark's School, Dallas, TX, Ethics Conference, "Courage and Character"
April 2010 - Easter
April 2010 - Whitworth University, Spokane, WA, Board Meeting
April 2010 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, PME Conference
April 2010 - FCCI Business Owners Breakfast, Loveland, CO, "Moses, Joshua, David and You"
April 2010 - Colorado State University, College of Business Celebration, Fort Collins, "Integrity or Results?"
May 2010 - Character Fort Collins, "How to Be a Courageous Leader II" (open to the public)
May 2010 - Larimer County Health & Environment Department, "Conflict Resolution I and II"
June 2010 - GC Leadership Institute, Fountain Valley, Keynote: "Courage Required for Teachers"
June 2010 - NOAA, Federal Weather Service Federal Training Center, Kansas City, "Courageous Leadership"
June 2010 - CSU College of Business, Keynote, "Courage and the Experienced Leader"
June 2010 - Kansas City Police Department Regional Police Academy, "Core Values and Senior Leaders"
June 2010 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, CBT Training for USMA Class of 2014, "Battle Buddy Checking"
June 2010 - Character Fort Collins, "Courageous Leading RORTS," (open to public)
July 2010 - Neenan Construction Annual Retreat, "Courage, Character and Leadership"
July 2010 - Character Fort Collins, "Courageous Leading RORTS," (open to public)
July 2010 - U.S. Military Academy, West Point, CBT Training for AY 2010-11
July 2010 - Larimer County Health & Environment, "Individual Leader Development"
August 2010 - Character Fort Collins, "How to Coach for Character" (open to the public)
August 2010 - Duke Fuqua School of Business, "Courageous Leadership"
September 2010 - Jamestown College, N.D., Ethics Conference, "Courage and Character"
September 2010 - NBA Team, Senior Leadership Development, La Jolla or Estes Park
October 2010 - National Conference on Ethics in America, USMA, West Point, NY
October 2010 - Whitworth University, Spokane, WA, Board of Trustees meeting
November 2010 - Poudre Valley Fire District, Colorado, "Ethics, Courage and Problem-solving"
November 2010 - Character Fort Collins, "How to (Really) Resolve Conflicts" (open to the public)
December 2010 - Christmas