Managing people is like herding cats

Preface: Cats and Rats

Introduction: An Invented Life

The Leadership Crisis

The Leadership Crisis

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

Long Slide from True Leadership

The Leader as Hero

Untapped Human Capital

Quitting on Principle

Leadership Pornography and Optional Ethics

What Makes a Leader?

Mr. Wright Is Wrong

Leadership for Tomorrow

Developing Leaders

Four Competencies of Great Leaders

Ten Traits of Dynamic Leaders

Creative Leadership

Leaders Invent Themselves

Leading Followers, Following Leaders

Perils of Accord, Advantages of Access

Leading for Results

Learning to Lead

How Leaders Learn

Critical Thinking

Leading Change

Change: The New Metaphysics

Introducing Change

Change Agents

Too Many Chiefs

From CEO to CTO

COPs and ACEs

Shakes and Quakes

Dealing with the Way Things Are

Winning and Losing

A New Wake-Up Call

Epilogue: Reflections on Retirement.