Leaders Talk Leadership: Featured Executives

Chapter 1: Leadership

  • John T. Thompson
        Vice Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
  • Kenneth Chenault
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Express Company
  • Jim Collins
        Author and Leadership Expert
  • Frederick W. Smith
        Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation
  • Jeffrey Katz
        Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Orbitz
  • Claude Martin
        Director General, WWF International
  • Hank McKinnell
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer
  • Gerard R. Roche
        Senior Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
  • Gregory J. Owens
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Manugistics Group, Inc.
  • Steele Alphin
        Principal Personnel Executive, Bank of America Corporation
  • Linda Sanford
        Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Storage Systems Group, 
        IBM Corporation
  • John P. Kotter
        Retired Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Harvard 
        Business School
  • David S. Pottruck
        President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Charles Schwab Corporation


Chapter 2: Managing Human Capital

  • John Hagel
        Business Consultant and Author
  • Steve Reinemund
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, Inc. 
  • Kenneth D. Lewis
        Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America Corporation
  • Eugene V. Polistuk
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Celestica, Inc.
  • Stephen L. Baum
        Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sempra Energy
  • Steven Kerr
        Chief Learning Officer, Goldman Sachs
  • William Coleman
        Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, BEA Systems
  • Henry Mintzberg
        Professor of Management, McGill University
  • Heinrich von Pierer
        Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG
  • Jeffrey Pfeffer 
        Thomas Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, 
        Stanford University
  • Pearl Meyer
        Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pearl Meyer & Partners

Chapter 3: Establishing Competitive Advantage in Today’s Market Environment

  • Orit Gadiesh
        Chairman, Bain & Company
  • Mohanbir Sawhney 
        McCormick Tribune Professor of Electronic Commerce and Technology,  
        Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
  • A.G. Lafley
        President and Chief Executive Officer, Procter & Gamble Company
  • Lucien Alziari
        Vice President, Staffing and Executive Development, PepsiCo, Inc.
  • Donald H. Morrison
        Chief Operating Officer, Research in Motion Ltd.
  • William A. Haseltine
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
  • Klaus Zumwinkel
        Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutsche Post World Net
  • Edward Tian
        President and Chief Executive Officer, China Netcom Corporation 


Chapter 4: Strategic Change and Transformation

  • Elspeth Murray and Peter Richardson
        Professors of Strategic Management, School of Business, Queen’s University
  • Geoff Unwin
        Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer, Cap Gemini SA
  • Ray Lane
        General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Gary Wendt
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Conseco, Inc.
  • Craig Conway
        President and Chief Executive Officer, PeopleSoft, Inc.
  • Lawrence A. Weinbach
        Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Unisys Corporation
  • Pat Mitchell
        President and Chief Executive Officer, PBS Corporation
  • Michael Dell
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dell Computer Corporation


Chapter 5: The Stakeholder’s View

  • J. Stuart Francis 
        Managing Director and Head of Global Technology Investment Banking, 
        Lehman Brothers
  • Dana Beth Ardi
        Human Capital Partner, JPMorgan Partners
  • William D. Crist 
        President and Chairman of the Board of Administration, California Public Employees’ 
        Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration
  • Andrew Waitman
        Managing General Partner, Celtic House International
  • David M. Rubenstein
        Co-Founder, Managing Director and Partner, Carlyle Group LP
  • John H. Biggs 
        Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Teachers Insurance & Annuity 
        Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF)
  • Gerald Schwartz
        Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Onex Corporation
  • James Breyer, Bruce Golden, and Eli Cohen
        Partners, Accel Partners
  • B. Kenneth West  
        Chairman, National Association of Corporate Directors and Senior 
        Consultant for Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
  • Elspeth Murray
        Professor of Strategic Management, School of Business, Queen’s University


The Book
Overview
Inside the Bookcover
Foreword
Preface

Excerpts
Chapter 1 - Leadership 
Chapter 2 - Managing Human Capital 
C
hapter 3 - Competitive Advantage 
Chapter 4 - Strategic Change 
Chapter 5 - The Stakeholder's View 

Prologue
List of Featured Executives
Executive & Company Bios
Fast
Facts
About the Editors
Contact the Editors