21 Leaders for The 21st Century

the long version

Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner are considered today's most knowledgeable, innovative management consultants. In 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, they tap into the wisdom of high-performing leaders from around the globe who candidly discuss their own views and experiences in analyzing and solving business dilemmas.Leadership is more than just a skill or technique. It is a style, a mindset. Exceptional leadership provides the capacity to reconcile contrasting players and objectives and turn them into a single, powerful system­­with the ability to function cooperatively and learn from its own activities.21 Leaders for the 21st Century goes beyond rote skill sets and systems to examine how 21 of today's most accomplished global leaders have confronted­­and overcome­­major dilemmas in building their businesses and guiding their careers. Leading international management consultants and authors Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner join with a cross section of today's most respected experts of business and academia to analyze the successes of leaders including:Michael Dell­­Dell ComputersRichard Branson­­VirginKarel Vursteen­­HeinekenHugo Levecke­­ABN AMROMark Moody-Stuart­­Royal Dutch ShellStan Shih­­Acer ComputersJim Morgan­­Applied Materials