Intelligent Courage will interest students preparing for a career because it tells the real-world stories of professionals who have come before them.  By examining the narrators' case histories and the dilemmas they faced, students will be pre-exposed to some of the difficult issues they are likely to meet.  How the narrators unraveled their dilemmas gives prescriptive advice for students to rely upon as they begin working on the important issues of their careers.

Intelligent Courage will interest professors who face the considerable challenge of preparing the next generation of natural resource professionals to succeed in an increasingly complex work environment.  Using Intelligent Courage in a class is like having a rich variety of professionals appear as guest lecturers talking about the real-world aspects of natural resource work.  Written in a format suitable for seminar use, Intelligent Courage brings the experiential learning of seasoned professionals into the classroom for students to discuss and analyze.  It gives professors the tool they need to introduce students to the organizational behaviors and dilemmas that students will confront in their future employment.

Intelligent Courage will interest practitioners interested in improving personal effectiveness or re-directing their careers.  Interestingly, the narrators went through periods of reflection about their work that caused them to change career direction.  Currently employed professionals will find the narrators' experiences helpful for setting purposeful direction for the remainder of their careers or for improving effectiveness in their current job.