This book is a short course designed to help you become a more effective leader in your field. It describes modern leadership principles and techniques and illustrates them with stories from the author s vast life experiences. Leadership in the New Normal is intended for leaders and aspiring leaders in the fields of business, management, government, military, education, and other worthwhile forms of human endeavor. It is written by a leader who speaks from experience a family man, business consultant, active public speaker, an Army general (now retired) who burst upon the national scene when New Orleans was in dire straits following Hurricane Katrina. And in the course of doing his job there, he showed the world what authentic leadership looks like.