Normal 0 false false false EN-CA X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} I spent most of my career working for large consulting and software companies.  I have a combined 20 years with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Ernst & Young, six of those years as a partner with those firms.  I spent 10+ years as a senior executive with CSC, Landmark Graphics Corporation (A Division of Halliburton) and top tier Internet Consulting firm.  When the Internet bubble burst I decided to follow my passion for helping companies develop the softer skills as I had observed that it was leadership and communications that drove success in my career not technical skills.  Since striking out on my own I have helped train people in organizations like Xerox Global Services and AVAYA as well as a number of smaller software and technology firms.    I believe strongly that people can be taught how to lead and they do not have to be born a leader.  The problem is that most people do not understand leadership and have been lead to believe that leadership is only for a small group of elite people who are heads of corporations and nations.  I wanted to tell my story and the story of several leaders I had encountered in my life who had achieved significant success in their fields.  The people I feature in my book have inspired me by their leadership and have inspired many others as well.  All leaders are not the same and people can be successful without having to copy the style of someone else.   Normal 0 false false false EN-CA X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}