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About schoultz

CEO of Fifth Factor Leadership - Speaker, consultant, coach. Formerly Director, Master of Science in Global Leadership at University of San Diego; prior to that, 30 years in the Navy as a Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) officer.

Return on Character- The Real Reason Leaders and their Companies Win, by Fred Kiel

Posted on September 2, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book: I was intrigued after reading an excellent and very positive review of this book in Strategy and Business.  Since serving as the Naval Academy’s Director of Character Development, I have struggled with the three fundamental questions about … Continue reading →

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To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Posted on August 25, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book: I read this book 50 years ago, when I was 13 years old, just a few years after it came out – and I remember that it made quite an impression on me.   My reading group selected … Continue reading →

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Turn the Ship Around, by L. David Marquet

Posted on August 25, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book. This is one of the keystone books used by All American Leadership, a company I do work with. Intereseting that a number of the leaders of AAL, including its CEO Rob Nielsen, are West Point graduates and … Continue reading →

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Tijuana Straits by Kem Nunn

Posted on July 30, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book: When I recently mentioned to a friend that I lived in Imperial Beach, he recommended this book as a novel set in Imperial Beach. Wanting to know more about where I live, I picked it up. Though I … Continue reading →

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Legacy – 15 Lessons in Leadership, by James Kerr

Posted on July 26, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book:  Strongly recommended to me by the Commanding Officer of SEAL Basic Training Command about a year ago. Since then, it has become almost required reading in the SEAL teams, and James Kerr has been invited several times … Continue reading →

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Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan

Posted on July 22, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book: Selected by our reading group, at the insistence of my wife, Mary Anne. I recall her reading this book and repeatedly telling me that I had to read it.  She and several of those in our reading … Continue reading →

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The Innovator’s DNA, by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregorson, Clayton Christensen

Posted on July 12, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book:  My colleagues in All American Leadership selected it as a book for all of us to read and discuss. While I couldn’t make the discussion  due to a conflict, I read the book and found that it … Continue reading →

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Dancing at the Rascal Fair, by Ivan Doig

Posted on July 3, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book:  I had read and really liked a couple of Ivan Doig’s other books – Heart Earth and This House of Sky – both beautifully written autobiographical accounts of his childhood and young adulthood in Montana in the … Continue reading →

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Ines of my Soul, by Isabel Allende

Posted on June 17, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book:  Selected by my reading group.  A number of us had read and liked other books by Isabel Allende, and some of the women were asking for a woman author after a having read several male authors. My impressions:  … Continue reading →

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Euphoria, by Lily King

Posted on June 15, 2015 by schoultz

Why this book:  Recommended by a good friend. My impressions:  Euphoria is short, powerful, engrossing.  It is a good read, about very interesting people in a fascinating setting.  And it is very well crafted – a bit confusing at the very beginning, … Continue reading →

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