Flying in the Face of Fear, Kim Campbell
Flying in the Face of Fear, Kim Campbell
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Flying in the Face of Fear
A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage

Author: Kim Campbell

Narrator: Erin deWard

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/08/2023

Synopsis

In Flying in the Face of Fear: Lessons on Leading with Courage, former fighter pilot and retired Air Force Colonel Kim Campbell delivers an inspiring and practical discussion of leadership and decision-making. In the book, you'll follow the author's journey through the principles that got her through her twenty-four-year career in the high-stakes and high-risk world of aerial combat.

You'll discover lessons and stories that will serve as a resource for you as you lead your students, employees, and others through the challenges of life and work, learning to create a positive impact and make a big difference in the lives of the people who follow you. You'll also find: specific strategies and techniques for leading in situations of extreme stress and risk; methods for female leaders to overcome the challenges of working in male-dominated environments; and ways to act in critical moments by recognizing that being brave and afraid at the same time is both normal and necessary.

An essential leadership blueprint for business and military professionals seeking to improve their ability to inspire others to greater achievements, Flying in the Face of Fear will also earn a place in the libraries of young and mid-career professionals looking for mentorship and sound, proven advice.

About Kim Campbell

Kim Campbell was married to legendary country/pop star Glen Campbell for thirty-four years until his passing in August of 2017, following a long and very public battle with Alzheimer's. The award-winning documentary, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me, shared their family’s journey with the world and opened up a national conversation about the disease. Kim’s work as an advocate for people with dementia and for their families has taken her to Capitol Hill and the United Nations, and she is the creator of a website called CareLiving.org that encourages, informs, and inspires caregivers to take care of themselves while caring for others. She also established the Kim and Glen Campbell Foundation to advance the use of music as medicine to unlock forgotten memories, restore and rebuild neural pathways, alleviate depression, manage behaviors and boost cognition. Kim is an honorary faculty member of the Erickson school of Aging Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, holds a BFA from East Carolina University, and studied interior design at UCLA. To book Kim for speaking engagements, go to apbspeakers.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by William on March 04, 2023

Kim “KC” Campbell’s experiences and emotions are on full display in her new book Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage and all for the betterment of the reader. Kim does not hold back as she shares both her incredible successes and humbling failures. Yet she a......more

Goodreads review by Dusty on April 30, 2023

I wanted to be impressed with this book...but I was not. This entire book is built on one singular, life-changing combat experience in the life of then-Captain, now retired Colonel Kim "KC" Campbell. Her 24 years of active duty service to the Air Force and the nation are impressive enough, and her l......more

Goodreads review by Steven on March 19, 2023

When it comes to good leadership writing, the best books are those written on a foundation of experience. KC Campbell's "Flying in the Face of Fear" is an incredible memoir that weaves in the lessons of leadership you can only earn through the crucible of experience. The result is a rare moment in l......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on March 20, 2023

Not what I expected but it was a good story. I was expecting a self help book with details on leading well and instead it was a book on self accolades which was hard to digest. Definitely more of prideful/exalted memoir.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on April 03, 2023

I read the book and it is awesome. It is a fast and easy read packed with leadership lessons in each chapter and some life lessons too. The book includes real combat stories that provide the adrenaline rush found in other combat books that are tempered with human stories and challenges too, and I esp......more

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