Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index.

What is effective leadership? -- How do leaders learn? -- Joining a company -- Moving into a leadership role -- Accepting the stretch assignment -- Assuming responsibility for a business -- Dealing with significant failure for which you are responsible -- Coping with a bad boss and competitive peers -- Losing your job or being passed over for promotion -- Being part of an acquisition or merger -- Living in a different country or culture -- Finding a meaningful balance between work and family -- Letting go of ambition -- Facing personal upheaval -- Losing faith in the system -- How companies can use passages to develop leadership -- An eight-step survive-and-thrive guide.

"This book lays out thirteen specific "leadership passages" based on research, interviews, and coaching of senior executives in such well-known companies as Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Intel, GE, and Bank of America. For each passage, the authors describe what to expect how the passage constitutes a choice point and what effective leaders do to navigate and grow from the challenge."--BOOK JACKET.

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