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Leadership Passages: The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader
by David L. Dotlich, James L. Noel and Norman Walker	ISBN:0787974277
Jossey-Bass 2004 (240 pages)
Based on research, interviews and coaching of senior executives in such well-known companies, this breakthrough book offers some of their highs and lows, and what effective leaders have done to navigate and grow from the challenge.

Table of Contents
	Leadership Passages—The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader
	Introduction
	Chapter 1	-	What Is Effective Leadership?
	Chapter 2	-	How Do Leaders Learn?
	Chapter 3	-	Joining a Company
	Chapter 4	-	Moving into a Leadership Role
	Chapter 5	-	Accepting the Stretch Assignment
	Chapter 6	-	Assuming Responsibility for a Business
	Chapter 7	-	Dealing with Significant Failure for Which You Are Responsible
	Chapter 8	-	Coping with a Bad Boss and Competitive Peers
	Chapter 9	-	Losing Your Job or Being Passed Over for Promotion
	Chapter 10	-	Being Part of an Acquisition or Merger
	Chapter 11	-	Living in a Different Country or Culture
	Chapter 12	-	Finding a Meaningful Balance Between Work and Family
	Chapter 13	-	Letting Go of Ambition
	Chapter 14	-	Facing Personal Upheaval
	Chapter 15	-	Losing Faith in the System
	Chapter 16	-	How Companies Can Use Passages to Develop Leadership
	Chapter 17	-	An Eight-Step Survive-and-Thrive Guide
	Bibliography
	Index
	List of Figures
	List of Exhibits