The Leadership Code

In this summary you will learn

• What five essential rules make up the “Leadership Code”
• How to apply these rules to become a great leader

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Why you should read The Leadership Code

Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood and Kate Sweetman have accomplished an almost impossible task: sifting through the overwhelming amount of information and knowledge on the nebulous subject of leadership, and actually making sense of it. They synthesize their research into five essential rules they call the “Leadership Code.” They tell readers how to strategize, execute, involve employees, develop a base of talented people and how to grow as leaders. Filled with business vocabulary, this is clearly a book by businesspeople for businesspeople. Nonetheless, getAbstract recommends it to current and aspiring executives who want to crack the code to find and follow the elusive path to great leadership.

About the Authors

Dave Ulrich, author of 20 management books, teaches business at the University of Michigan. Norm Smallwood has co-written five books. Together, they founded The RBL Group. RBL principal and business consultant Kate Sweetman is a former editor at The Harvard Business Review.