Integrity Switch

Integrity Switch is presented as a leadership training guide targeting aspiring, developing, and emerging leaders. Aspiring: Have you discovered a gift, passion, or interest in leading others? Developing: Do you recognize a need to grow, perhaps even change some aspects of how you are leading? Emerging: Have you been placed in a position of leadership with little or no formal training? Perhaps you are on the verge of that opportunity yet feel unprepared. Joel Dearing draws from an entire career, where leadership was required, and shares the lessons learned. "Coach D's" experiences as a collegiate coach, athletic administrator, college professor, and small business owner come to life with a special blend of stories, challenges confronted, and his own leadership training tools. You will discover a unique leadership framework guided by four directional arrows representing challenging topics every leader confronts: What forms the foundation of your leadership approach? What are your blind spots and how do you unpack failure? To what degree are you an independent thinker, framing and re-framing issues for yourself? What does it mean to stand in the gap with integrity and inspire others? You won't want to skip the upfront material: A dedication to a father. A foreword providing military leadership insights, previewing key elements of the book. A preface presenting a one-act play called "The Integrity Switch," which is the origin of the book's title. An introduction illustrating the development of both the A2B2 Leadership Framework and the leadership scales presented in each chapter. Even the most experienced leader will need at least one pause to stop-and-think, and turn down a corner of one page, if only from one of the handful of touching memories shared about a dad mentoring his son. Integrity Switch was intentionally written for readers who may prefer to browse the Table of Contents and start with any section or series of chapters. While coaches and sports leaders will appreciate the anecdotes, insights, and real triumphs and failures depicted, the lessons are relatable to leaders in any field.