After successful careers in both the military and the corporate world, Robert F. Griffin shares his formula for building effective leadership. Griffin, a retired U.S. Army surgeon and former executive officer at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, writes that the characteristics promoted in this book are those that the author derived from the leadership techniques or styles of the admirable leaders with whom he served. Griffin also relates his preparation for a lifetime of service through his experiences as a youth growing up in a military family.