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Leadership, according to the authors, is about judgement and character, and can best be handled by integrated human beings. This book concentrates on four themes shared by leaders: 1) vision - leaders with intensity and commitment whose attention is focussing on the goal and the agenda express a magnetism which attracts followers; 2) communication - the tool for sharing meaning; 3) trust - whereby the leader's position offers security to followers; 4) deployment of self through positive self-regard. Leaders are shown as setting direction, managing change concurrently with the provision of high-quality service, and attracting new resources.

The author lists eight mistakes of managing change, giving examples from his experience. He then presents an eight-stage process of change with highly useful examples of how to implement the change. The change framework acts as a roadmap for the organization and encourages talk about transformation and change strategies. This is a hands-on, practical book with an emphasis on the engine that drives change - leadership - and on showing how a purely managerial mindset invevitably fails.