Reflections on America Civic Virtue Character and the Pursuit of Happiness

Terry Newell is currently director of his own firm, Leadership for a Responsible Society. His work focuses on values-based leadership, character, and ethics. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute (FEI), a residential executive education center for the federal government in Charlottesville, Virginia and at the University of Virginia. A former Air Force officer, Terry also previously served as Director of the Horace Mann Learning Center, the training arm of the U.S. Department of Education and as Dean of Faculty at FEI. In the latter capacity, he was responsible for its four-week, interagency Leadership for a Democratic Society program. Terry's publications have addressed such issues as values and ethics in leadership, organizational change, the future and its implications for leadership, and the impact of diversity on organizations and leaders. He is co-editor of The Trusted Leader: Building the Relationships That Make Government Work (CQ Press, 2011), and his most recent book is Statesmanship, Character, and Leadership in America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).