Discussing character with UofSC President Bob Caslen
Public relations senior Caroline O Looney interviews president about his approach to leadership
Posted on: January 26, 2021; Updated on: January 26, 2021
By Caroline O Looney
In October 2020, St. Martin’s Press published
The Character Edge: Leading and Winning with Integrity, by former West Point superintendent and current University of South Carolina President Robert L. Caslen, and Michael D. Matthews, a professor of psychology at West Point.
Drawing on their respective careers in the military and academia, Caslen and Matthews offer concrete examples of character-in-action to illuminate an otherwise abstract ideal. They also recommend tools for self-improvement and for the strengthening of