Presents a concrete and comprehensive program for leadership success, showing readers how to create their own Personal Leadership Development Plan centered on five key areas:
Knowing your authentic self
Orienting your moral compass
Understanding your motivations
Building your support team
Staying grounded by integrating all aspects of your life
Personal, original, and illuminating stories from Warren Bennis, Sir Adrian Cadbury, George Schultz (former U.S. secretary of state), Charles Schwab, John Whitehead (Cochairman, Goldman Sachs), Anne Mulcahy (CEO, Xerox), Howard Schultz (CEO, Starbucks), Dan Vasella (CEO, Novartis), John Brennan (Chairman, Vanguard), Carol Tome (CFO, Home Depot), Donna Dubinsky (CEO/cofounder, Palm), Alan Horn (President, Warner Brothers), Ann Moore (CEO, Time, Inc.).