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 Computers
*Richard Branson­­Virgin
*Karel Vursteen­­Heineken
*Hugo Levecke­­ABN AMRO
*Mark Moody-Stuart­­Royal Dutch Shell
*Stan Shih­­Acer Computers
*Jim Morgan­­Applied Materials