For leadership success, it is imperative to get rid of all the stale practices of the past and embrace an innovative approach every day of the work week.

Fast Forward Leadership offers clear step-by-step guidance through practical advice in the key areas of communication, workforce, team development, structure, performance reward and workplace -- theory which is reinforced with a wealth of examples.

Highlighting the crucial need for fundamental change, this book's set of definative do's and don'ts can be immediately implemented in your workplace.

LOUELLEN ESSEX is an adjunct faculty member of the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN, and president of her own leadership development consulting organization. She has worked as an educator and consultant for over twenty years to a variety of corporations, governmental agencies, health care institutions, and non-profit organizations.

Her clients include Gernal Mills, Cargill, Seagate Technology, Medtronic, Army Corp of Enginerrs, Saudi Arabian International Schools, Medical Group Management Association, and Caterpillar. She has also received the Professional Excellene Award from the American Society for Training and Development, and is President of the Minnesota-Uruguay Partners of the Americas.

MITCHELL KUSY, Ph.D., has had 25 years experience in leadership and organization development. A Registered Organization Development Consultant, he is a full professor in the Ph.D. Program in Leadership & Change at Antioch University, Santa Barbara, California. He also is a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and Henley Management College (United Kingdom).

Volunteering in non-profit organizations, Mitch has served on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Training & Development, Southern Minnesota Chapter. He recently received the international honor of being selected a Fulbright Scholar for international organization development. In 1998, he received the prestigious award as Minnesota Organization Development Practitioner of the Year.

Previous to his position at Antioch University, Mitch was a full professor for 17 years in the master’s and doctoral program in organization development at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis. Before entering academia, Mitch worked in industry and directed the leadership development area at American Express Financial Advisors; before that managed organization development and employee relations for Health Partners, Inc.