In both politics and business it is claimed that we hanker after an old style leader who brings us "vision" and "direction". But what of today's leaders? Who are the driving forces behind the world's most successful and powerful organizations? Do they differ from their erstwhile counterparts or have much in common? What makes a leader successful? The author sets out to answer these questions. Through a series of interviews with some of the world's top business leaders, he sets out to identify what qualities set them apart. From this he creates a model of leadership development and, by challenging popular assumptions, he gives insights into what it takes to be a leader in the 1990s and beyond.