As head of personnel at Rogers (one of Canada’s largest telecoms and media empires), Jim Read had one of the most important corporate roles in the Canadian business world and he is well-known to business leaders across the country. He earned the respect of all those who worked for him, and with him, for his integrity and his inspiring leadership. Now everyone working in a leadership position will be able to learn how he became so successful and to gain insight from his experience. WIDE REACH: With his media connections and his network inside the upper reaches of the corporate world, this publication will be in strong demand and will receive good coverage. It will appeal to high-level executives and to others learning the ropes in leadership positions. BASED ON RESEARCH: The author personally knows many of the leading lights in leadership studies. He has personally talked to Harvard’s John Kotter ( Leading Change ), Stanford’s Jeffrey Pfeffer ( Power: Why Some People Have it and Others Don’t ), the University of Michigan’s Ross School’s Dave Ulrich ( Reinventing the Organization ), Jim Loehr (co-author of The Power of Full Engagement ) and Jim Collins (author of Good to Great , and co-author of Built to Last and Great by Choice ). He has added their insights to his own experience as a high-level human resources executive