Editor's Note

It seems all too rare these days to encounter a leader who is able to fulfill his or her role in the truest sense of the word—to be both "tough-minded and tender-hearted" as Doug Conant and Mette Norgaard describe in this extraordinary book. And yet I know they are out there—and what is more, there are many, many others who, if they had the example, the inspiration, and the instruction, could master a leadership approach that is at once flexible, easy to understand, and, most important, effective.

Doug Conant, a "leader of leaders," is the CEO of the Campbell Soup Company—a universally known brand that has encountered the same challenges of any large company of late; Mette Norgaard, a "teacher of leaders," has been instrumental working ...

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