Value Leadership and Capacity Building Paperback – March 15, 2004

This books covered the presentations, made at the 5th Global Leadership Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2003. I just attended the 7th Forum with 55 people at Turkey, in June 2005. Dr. A. Safty and his staff did a great job organizing the forum. Many of the authors in this book also contributed in the 2005 forum. Global Leadership is a hot buzzword in MBA curricula today. Yet the theoretical definition, teaching and research diverge: (1)leader is a good manager, (2) good managers make lousy leaders, (3) leader is born, not made, (4) anyone can be a leader in any occasion or project team, (5) Unethical leaders (Enron, Worldcom)...... Needless to say, the debate continues, and more conferences will be held. This book, however, gives a good summary of the research effort. It is a worthwhile read.