More than ever, leadership is the key to a thriving business. It's time to learn from the best.

Diversity : the imperative for today's leaders / Frances Hesselbein -- Leadership and diversity management : unfinished business / R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. -- 360 for global leaders : coaching through a world lens / Maya Hu-Chan -- Asian and western executive styles / D. Quinn Mills and Luke Novelli, Jr. -- Passing the baton : developing your successor / Marshall Goldsmith -- Developing exceptional leaders : critical success factors / James F. Bolt -- The leader's role in growing new leaders / Beverly Kaye -- Talent pool or talent puddle : where's the talent in talent management? / Marc Effron and Miriam Ort -- The cost of investing in people leadership negatively affects the bottom line : fact or fiction? / Howard J. Morgan and Paula Kruger -- Leadership's silver bullet : the magic of inspiration / John H. (Jack) Zenger -- Create awareness, create change / Judith M. Bardwick -- I really do care! / Joseph Folkman -- The real legacy of leadership : aligning rhetoric with reality / Albert A. Vicere -- What do leaders need to know about generation Y in order to lead successfully? / Paul Hersey -- What is an effective leader? : the leadership code and leadership brand / Norm Smallwood and Dave Ulrich -- Leading the emotional side of change : the new 21st-century leadership capability / Robert H. Rosen -- Adjusting the political temperature of your team / Gary Ranker and Colin Gautrey -- Making successful transitions : the leader's perspective / Patricia Wheeler -- A question of leadership : what does the organization need me to do? / John Baldoni -- Situational intelligence / Laurence S. Lyons -- The arts and leadership / Nancy J. Adler -- Client leadership : leading in the marketplace / Andrew Sobel -- Leading for sustainability / Fons Trompenaars and Peter Woolliams.